What is Augustine's answer to the skeptics who say, "What if you are deceived?"
A) "If so, then God is not all-good, which is impossible."
B) "If I am deceived, I am."
C) "Then knowledge is impossible."
D) "Then an evil demon torments me."

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Augustine's famous response to the skeptic's challenge is "If I am deceived, I am" (si fallor, sum). He argues that even if he is being deceived, he must exist in order to be deceived. In other words, the act of doubting or questioning one's own existence proves one's existence. Augustine uses this as a starting point to build his argument for the existence of God and the immortality of the soul.

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