Descartes claimed to know with complete certainty that he was a
A) divine creature.
B) thinking thing.
C) rational animal.
D) All of the above

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Descartes famously stated "Cogito, ergo sum" or "I think, therefore I am" in his Meditations. From this, he concluded that the one thing he could be certain of was that he existed as a thinking thing. He did not claim to know for certain whether he was divine or an animal, only that he knew he existed as a thinking entity.

Descartes Claimed to Know with Complete Certainty That He Was