There is no such thing as a material external world; mind alone exists as thinking being, whose nature consists in thinking and willing.
I am certain that I am a thinking being, what now is involved in the fact that I am certain of any thing?
Now a thinking being, regarded merely as such, cannot be thought otherwise than as subject.
Since the being that thinks necessarily has consciousness of itself, no thinking being can be limited to the cognition of purely ideal truths.
The absolute oneness or unity of a thinking being can, by no means, be denied.
The absolute oneness of a thinking being is supposed to be inconsistent with a plurality of parts.
This proposition cannot therefore enounce the identity of the person, by which is understood the consciousness of the identity of its own substance as a thinking being in all change and variation of circumstances.
Now I cannot obtain the least representation of a thinking being by means of external experience, but solely through self-consciousness.
The "I think" is thus taken as a universal judgment, expressing what belongs to the conception ofthinking being in general.
It has now to be considered as a possible basis for knowledge of the self as a thinking being (ein denkend Wesen) or soul (Seele).
One of these suppositions, viz, that the cause of love and hatred must be related to a person or thinking being, in order to produce these passions, is not only probable, but too evident to be contested.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thinking being" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
