Synderesis their opposites as evils to be avoided. Synderesis is the capacity not only to apprehend the first principles, but also to judge every step of the practical discourse in the light of those principles. But, as an intellectual disposition concerned with knowledge of the first principles of action, synderesis provides only the universal premise of the practical syllogism. Every human "action", however, is singular, contingent and takes place in particular circumstances. To complete the practical discourse and reach a conclusion regarding what has to be done "hic et nunc" [here and now] and what means are to be used, other
Nunc dimittis sung at the funeral of Margaret Thatcher as the recessional. Stanford wrote many settings of both the "Magnificat" and "Nunc dimittis". Arvo Pärt composed a setting of the Nunc dimittis in 2001. Sergei Rachmaninoff wrote a setting of the Slavonic "Nunc dimittis" text, Ны́не отпуща́еши ("Nyne otpushchayeshi"), as the fifth movement of his "All-Night Vigil." It is known for its final measures, in which the basses sing a descending scale ending on the B♭ below the bass clef. Nunc dimittis The Nunc dimittis (; also Song of Simeon or Canticle of Simeon) is a canticle from the opening words from