Портрет художника в юности
Chapter 5
Inotherwords,thesynthesisofimmediateperceptionisfollowedbytheanalysisofapprehension.HavingfirstfeltthatitisONEthingyoufeelnowthatitisaTHING.Youapprehenditascomplex,multiple,divisible,separable,madeupofitsparts,theresultofitspartsandtheirsum,harmonious.ThatisCONSONANTIA.
—Bull’seyeagain!saidLynchwittily.TellmenowwhatisCLARITASandyouwinthecigar.
—Theconnotationoftheword,Stephensaid,israthervague.Aquinasusesatermwhichseemstobeinexact.Itbaffledmeforalongtime.Itwouldleadyoutobelievethathehadinmindsymbolismoridealism,thesupremequalityofbeautybeingalightfromsomeotherworld,theideaofwhichthematterisbuttheshadow,therealityofwhichitisbutthesymbol.IthoughthemightmeanthatCLARITASistheartisticdiscoveryandrepresentationofthedivinepurposeinanythingoraforceofgeneralizationwhichwouldmaketheestheticimagea’universalone,makeitoutshineitsproperconditions.Butthatisliterarytalk.Iunderstanditso.Whenyouhaveapprehendedthatbasketasonethingandhavethenanalyseditaccordingtoitsformandapprehendeditasathingyoumaketheonlysynthesiswhichislogicallyandestheticallypermissible.Youseethatitisthatthingwhichitisandnootherthing.TheradianceofwhichhespeaksinthescholasticQUIDDITAS,theWHATNESSofathing.Thissupremequalityisfeltbytheartistwhentheestheticimageisfirstconceivedinhisimagination.
