Man differs from other animals particularly in this, that he is imitative, and acquires his rudiments of knowledge in this way; besides, the delight in imitation is universal.

[spiros]

Man differs from other animals particularly in this, that he is imitative, and acquires his rudiments of knowledge in this way; besides, the delight in imitation is universal.
Aristotle

[billberg23]

Poetics 1448b 4-9:  τό τε γάρ μιμεῖσθαι σύμφυτον τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἐκ παίδων ἐστὶ καὶ τούτῳ διαφέρουσι τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων ὅτι μιμητικώτατόν ἐστι καὶ τάς μαθήσεις ποιεῖται διὰ μιμήσεως τάς πρώτας, καὶ τὸ χαίρειν τοῖς μιμήμασι πάντας.