ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

JAMES JOYCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
With whom is the concept of “claritas” associated?
A
Thomas Aquinas
B
Augusta Gregory
C
Charles Parnell
D
Ezra Pound
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -“Claritas” is to be identified with the Neoplatonic “intelligible light” in Augustine, and this in turn identified with the “agent intellect” of Aristotle. Aquinas says this “intellectual light” enables the mind to illuminate sense-images and so render manifest their intelligible nature or “quidditas”.

Detailed explanation-2: -Claritas or Clarity may be defined as an object radiating its essence in a clear manner; a decisive intelligibility.

Detailed explanation-3: -The master principle of natural law, wrote Aquinas, was that “good is to be done and pursued and evil avoided.” Aquinas stated that reason reveals particular natural laws that are good for humans such as self-preservation, marriage and family, and the desire to know God.

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