: Re: How to use "I think, therefore I am" in a more fluent manner? I want to allude an experience that feels almost like Descartes' idea of "I think, therefore I am". Because the phrase is a

How about paraphrasing the quote and showing the reader it is paraphrased. Example:

The experience that we had undergone confused our consciousness in the real and virtual worlds. It made us strive for re-assurance which could be summed up best in Descartes's "Cogitamus ergo sumus." Or simply, "For our thoughts exist, we must be."

Or: For our thoughts exist, we must as well. | Existence is in the mind of the beholder. | Existence is there for the thinker/tinkerer/etc...

So, what do you think?

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