Instead of fighting right away, he used his brains.
他没有立即战斗, 而是动用了脑筋。
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" I think, therefore I am." So he was saying because he knows he's using his brain to think, that proves to him that he exists, that he is, because he thinks.
No, Isak must use his brains to find a way. The whole thing had come about somehow without their knowing; maybe the wedding business was just as important as the christening—how should he know?