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Synteresis
Synˊte-re′sis
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] preservation, fr. [GREEK] to preserve;
σύν
with + [GREEK] to guard.] 1.
(Med.)
Prophylaxis.
[Obs.]
2.
(Metaph.)
Conscience viewed as the internal repository of the laws of duty.
Whewell.
Definition 2024
synteresis
synteresis
English
Noun
synteresis (uncountable)
- (theology, historical) 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).
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.166:
- 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”.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.166: