As God is holy, separate and distinct, so you shall be holy.

上帝是神圣的，独立且与凡人不同的，因此我们应该模仿他。

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The first, as we've seen, is imitatio dei.

第一个，正如我们所看到了，是模仿。

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Skinner, in his book Verbal Behavior, talks about the question of why do we do things like talk to ourselves, imitate sounds, create art, give bad news to an enemy, fantasize about pleasant situations?

斯金纳在其《言语行为》一书中，描述了我们展现各种行为的原因,如自言自语，声音模仿，创造艺术，向敌人散布坏消息，幻想美好情景等等？

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