⁴⁵ Alquié argues that the Cogito of the Meditations and that of the Discourse are different: the Meditations draws on an ontological experience of the I as existing, the Discourse focuses on the relationship between ‘I am thinking’ and ‘I exist’ (OP, i. 603, n. 2, 604, n. 1; ii. 416; cf. La Découverte, 180–200).