That seems false if taken at face value: “ergo” means “therefore”, ergo, “Cogito ergo sum” means “I think, therefore I am”. Also, I have no clue how to parse “I think, I am”. Does it mean “I think and I am”?
There’s probably a story behind that translation and how it corresponds to Descartes’s other beliefs, but I don’t think that “I think, I am” makes sense without that story.
(A side note: it’s Latin, not French. I originally added here that Descartes wrote in Latin, but apparently he originally made the statement in French as “Je pense donc je suis.”)
That seems false if taken at face value: “ergo” means “therefore”, ergo, “Cogito ergo sum” means “I think, therefore I am”. Also, I have no clue how to parse “I think, I am”. Does it mean “I think and I am”?
There’s probably a story behind that translation and how it corresponds to Descartes’s other beliefs, but I don’t think that “I think, I am” makes sense without that story.
(A side note: it’s Latin, not French. I originally added here that Descartes wrote in Latin, but apparently he originally made the statement in French as “Je pense donc je suis.”)