Hello Friends,
A Latinist I know composed the English phrase “we trust/believe/have faith therefore we are” as “fidi ergo sumus” as opposed to “fidimus ergo sumus”. This is supposed to be juxtaposed with Descartes’ “dubito ergo sum,” and playing off of Aquinas’ notion of fides. Is he correct?
Credimus and confidimus wouldn’t fit right because we aren’t speaking about mere credulity.
With thanks,
Nick
You need fīdimus to match sumus (1st person plural). BTW, as far as I know, Decartes said cōgitō ergō sum
He did initially but in later works he clarified and used dubito, writing, dubito ergo cogito ergo sum. I thought fidimus too.
I went back and checked the email chain. My memory was wrong and my friend did recommend fidimus—it was I who originally used fidi for some unknown reason.
Thanks for the help.