Project Gutenberg 2009-06-17 Public domain in the USA. 102 West, John Foster 1918 2008 Cogito, Ergo Sum Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Cognito, Ergo Sum" by John Foster West is a science fiction narrative written in the early 1950s. This thought-provoking story explores themes of existence, consciousness, and the nature of reality through the journey of a rational entity named Marl, who grapples with the concepts of identity, loneliness, and the search for connection in an abyss of nothingness. The book delves into philosophical inquiries about the spirit and flesh, aiming to understand the relationship between thought and existence. In the story, Marl awakens in a void, embracing the realization of his own existence through the famous philosophical assertion "I think, therefore I am." As Marl explores the meaning of his being, he experiences profound loneliness and the desire for companionship, leading him to discover another entity, named Pat. Despite their differences, their connection alleviates their existential fears and introduces emotions like love and contentment. The narrative takes a turn as they encounter a barrier in space that disconnects them from their physical forms, causing Marl to confront the essence of existence without Pat. Ultimately, the tale intertwines the emotional and rational aspects of identity, posing questions about connection and the depth of consciousness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 44264 44268 2024-10-12T14:13:46.606933 2023-09-13T05:30:41.055449 text/html text/html 40366 2021-01-05T05:41:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 135715 2021-01-05T05:41:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 201701 2024-10-12T14:13:50.774900 application/epub+zip 200130 2024-10-12T14:13:48.395953 application/epub+zip 81201 2024-10-12T14:13:47.267915 application/epub+zip 290420 2024-10-12T14:13:52.478880 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 282047 2024-10-12T14:13:50.088923 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 141007 2022-09-13T13:48:27.257323 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 37483 37382 2024-10-12T14:13:46.297937 2023-09-13T05:30:40.867445 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 37362 2021-01-05T05:41:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13977 2021-01-05T05:41:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19842 2024-10-12T14:13:52.602987 application/rdf+xml 13167 2024-10-12T14:13:47.826911 image/jpeg 3529 2024-10-12T14:13:47.539908 image/jpeg 201177 2024-10-12T14:13:46.617954 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog