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synteresis

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Syn`te`re´sis
n.1.(Med.) Prophylaxis.
2.(Metaph.) Conscience viewed as the internal repository of the laws of duty.

synteresis
preventive or preservative treatment or measures; prophylaxis. See also ethics.
See also: Health
the belief or doctrine that the conscience is the repository of the laws of right and wrong. See also health.
See also: Ethics


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It is called a synteresis, and that designates both a connection [with God] and an aversion [from all that is not God].
 
 
 
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