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The Imitation of Christ
The Imitation of Christ Christian devotional book, of great popularity. It originated among the Brothers of the Common Life in the Netherlands and was written probably c.1425. Tradition (since c.1445) has ascribed it to Thomas à Kempis , whose name appears on an early Latin manuscript. A popular contemporary theory holds that Thomas copied out and edited The Imitation from manuscripts originating with Gerard Groote . The work encourages a life of mystical devotion to Christ and a distrust of the human intellect. The four books treat liberation from worldly inclinations, recollection as a preparation for prayer, the consolations of prayer, and the place of eucharistic communion in a devout life. The work is a summary of the spirit of Groote's movement, the devotio moderna. The English translation by Richard Whitford (c.1530) has long been standard. It has been revised into modern English (Harold Gardiner, ed., 1955). The Imitation has also been rendered as The Following of Christ (tr. 1941).
Bibliography: See J. E. G. De Montmorency, Thomas à Kempis: His Age and Book (1906, repr. 1970).
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Fraudulent Imitation Need not be Disguised: Polyaire Pty Ltd v K-Aire Pty Ltd.
News Wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing; 7/19/2005; 700+ words
; ...an infringement action for fraudulent imitation of a registered design need not establish...means that in considering a fraudulent imitation infringement claim the court must focus...whether or not the second design is an imitation. The court does not need to consider...
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Shakespeare's Imitations.(Reviews)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 3/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Shakespeare himself). An imitation does not merely repeat...it; exploring these imitations, therefore, will...Renaissance theories of imitation, chapter 1, on A...in the dumb show an imitation of Richard's courtship...Richard III. Other imitations consist in the "pairs...
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Implementing visually cued imitation training with children with autism spectrum disorders and developmental delays.(Report)
Magazine article from: Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Clearly, imitation is linked to a variety of skill areas...be implemented that would affect peer imitation skills in children with autism spectrum...impact of a multicomponent visually cued imitation strategy. Results indicated that participants...
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Infant imitation of peer and adult models: Evidence for a peer model advantage
Magazine article from: Merrill - Palmer Quarterly; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; The imitation behavior of 30 infants, ages 14 to 18...peer and adult models in an elicited imitation paradigm. Infants watched either a peer...sequences (i.e., put teddy to bed). Imitation was measured immediately after modeling...
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Strategies of Imitation: An Insight
Magazine article from: Problems and Perspectives in Management; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...follow suit in a competitive game of imitation. The aim of this article is to focus...innovative companies as well. Key words: imitation strategies; later entrance; follower...Clfssification: M30. The Strategies of Imitation: Players and Main Types The success...
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FORMAL VERSE IMITATION AND THE RHETORICAL PRINCIPLES OF IMITATION IN THE NEO-LATIN POETRY OF SAMUEL JOHNSON.
Magazine article from: Studies in the Literary Imagination; 9/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...English formal verse imitation, as both poet and...to Pope's splendid Imitations of Horace, which was...1738), a verse imitation of Juvenal's Third...tradition of English verse imitation. Indeed, Johnson...Burman. His neo-Latin imitations, as the selected readings...
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Effects of Adult Contingent Imitation on Development of Young Children's Vocal Imitation
Magazine article from: Journal of Early Intervention; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...development of vocal imitation. Children typically...or reduced) imitations, to exact imitations...to expanded imitations (Kucjaz, 1983...modified) imitation occurs when the...in spontaneous imitation (imitations of utterances...
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Modes of interorganizational imitation: the effects of outcome salience and uncertainty.
Magazine article from: Administrative Science Quarterly; 9/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...One such process is interorganizational imitation, which occurrs when one or more organizations...specific mechanisms through which such imitation may unfold. DiMaggio and Powell (1983...interlocks may direct interorganizational imitation to particular firms. In this study...
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Robot imitation: Body schema and body percept
Magazine article from: Applied Bionics and Biomechanics; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...This paper presents an approach to robot imitation based on these two functional elements...developmental stages used by humans to refine imitation. Experimental results are presented...manipulation actions. Key words: Robot imitation, body representation, action representation...
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Responsibility and imitation.(Forum on Honors Students)
Magazine article from: Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council; 3/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...We quickly realize that she worries imitation has become more important than creation...that, as a result of this adherence to imitation, the very notions of truth, authorship...is not the attitude our age has about imitation but rather that this practice and exaltation...
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Imitation Crab Meat
Book article from: How Products Are Made
Imitation Crab Meat Background Imitation crab meat is a seafood product made by blending processed fish...flavorants, and colorants. First invented in the mid 1970s, imitation crab meat has become a popular food in the United States, with...
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imitation
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
imitation in music, a device of counterpoint wherein...successively in more than one voice. The imitation may be exact, the same intervals being...numerous types of variation are possible. Imitation was much used in both vocal and instrumental...
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Imitation
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
Imitation The act of mimicking or copying; also...through various forms of conditioning , imitation occurs naturally without outside stimulus...enormous amount of learning is done through imitation of parents, peers, and modeling based...
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The Imitation of Christ
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
The Imitation of Christ Christian devotional book...that Thomas copied out and edited The Imitation from manuscripts originating with Gerard...Harold Gardiner, ed., 1955). The Imitation has also been rendered as The Following...
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SIC 2022 Natural, Processed and Imitation Cheese
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
SIC 2022 NATURAL, PROCESSED AND IMITATION CHEESE This industry encompasses establishments primarily engaged...cheese foods, cheese spreads, and cheese analogues (imitations and substitutes). These establishments also produce byproducts...
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