He hides under the idea that he refuses to become how his deceivers wish to see him, and although that may be true, he is also acting as a deceiver to himself. This is presented in Ayers ‘Cogito Ergo Sum’ “For I must exist in order even to conceive that I do not. And so, according to Descartes, one may draw the conclusion that ‘this proposition, I am, I exist is necessarily true, each time it is expressed by me, or conceived in my mind’” (27). The context in which “I think therefore I am,” in Descartes’ text highlights how he is who he believes he is. But, Lakoff and Johnson write, “In allowing us to focus on one aspect of a concept, a metaphorical concept can keep us from focusing on other aspects that are inconsistent with that metaphor”(10).…