synteresis

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Definition von synteresis im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

An aspect of one's conscience by which one can judge wrong from right and decide on what makes good conduct (as distinguished from syneidesis)

Synteresis, or the purer part of the conscience, is an innate habit, and doth signify “a conservation of the knowledge of the law of God and Nature, to know good or evil”.

Conscience viewed as the internal repository of the laws of duty

Prophylaxis

Silbentrennung

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Etymologie

() From Medieval Latin syntērēsis (in Thomas Aquinas), from Ancient Greek συντήρησις (“careful watching”), from συντηρεῖν (“to keep guard”).