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"I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am," is a philosophical statement in Latin used by Rene Descartes, which became a fundamental element of Western philosophy. The simple meaning of the phrase is that if someone wonders whether or not they exist, that is, in and of itself, proof that they do exist (because, at the very least, there is an "I" who does the thinking). It is revolutionary because it forms the bedrock for all knowledge, simply because, while all things can be questioned as to whether they are from the realm of reality or from some figment of imagination (a dream, etc), the very act of doubting one's own existence serves as proof of the reality of one's own existence.