ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

PURITAN LITERATURE

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Having unlimited power, able to do anything
A
Predestination
B
Theology
C
Theocracy
D
Omnipotent
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -If you want to describe someone who can do absolutely anything, reach for the adjective omnipotent. Omnipotent comes from the Latin words for total (omni) and power (potent). Omnipotent is frequently used for deities, but can apply to any exaggerated description of power.

Detailed explanation-2: -Omnipotence is unlimited power. Bosses who behave as if they have omnipotence believe they have absolute power over the employees, maybe even down to the type of ink pens they are allowed to use. The noun omnipotence describes having an enormous amount of power, or even an infinite amount.

Detailed explanation-3: -A classical restriction is that an omniscient being knows everything that is true, while an omnipotent being can do everything that is possible (Aquinas, Summa Theologica I. 25.3).

Detailed explanation-4: -June 2021) Omnipotence is the quality of having unlimited power. Monotheistic religions generally attribute omnipotence only to the deity of their faith.

Detailed explanation-5: -Omnipotence is the property of being all-powerful; it is one of the traditional divine attributes in Western conceptions of God. This notion of an all-powerful being is often claimed to be incoherent because a being who has the power to do anything would, for instance, have the power to draw a round square.

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