So, first he makes America mythic, rather than specific , and then he enters into that mythology through acts of identification.

他是首先将美国赋予神话色彩，而不去将它具体化，然后他通过寻找自我认同感的行为进入了自己的神话。

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And I tried to motivate this question by having you think about perhaps the possibility, if the soul view was the truth about personal identity, but imagine a case of complete irreversible amnesia, while nonetheless,it's still your soul continuing.

我试图通过让你们思考,灵魂理论有没有可能是个人认同感的真相，这个可能性，来推动这个问题，但是想象完全不可治愈的失忆，尽管你的灵魂仍然继续存活。

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And so it's an understandable ploy on Milton's part that he needs to vilify Shakespeare by identifying that great poet, his older contemporary, with Comus.

所以就弥尔顿而言，是一个可理解的事,他需要通过认同那伟大的诗句来贬低莎士比亚，用Comus来压倒比他年纪较大的同时代人。

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