And why is that? Within the perspective of Milton's free-will theology, sin can't exist as an external reality.

为什么呢？从弥尔顿自由意志的学说的角度来看，原罪是不可能以永久现实的形式存在的。

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He permits a real character like Satan to interact with a merely allegorical or symbolic character like Sin. The effect for Johnson - and who can say that this is -- that Johnson is wrong?

他允许一个真实的角色如撒旦与仅仅是寓言中才出现的,或只具备象征的意义的人物如罪恶之神互动,谁又能说约翰逊是错的呢？

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One of those sins, I think, that needs to be purged is clearly the sin of eagerness or over-anticipation, the drive to move ahead of oneself and the drive to get ahead of others .

我认为有一种罪孽需要净化，显然是欲望的罪孽,或过度预言的罪孽，想要超越自己,超越其他人,正如我们看到弥尔顿与术士们的竞争。

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