He may actually have been existing in the past and approximating a conceivable future, which brought even the assumption of his immediate perceptions as being in the present into doubt. And thus, he couldnâ€™tâ€”beyond a hint of skepticismâ€”say that he truly existed right now and in this moment, but instead it seemed more rational to assume that he simply existed and nothing more.

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