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
Latin grammar and number with the nouns they refer to, as in the following, where "hic" is masculine agreeing with "amor", but "haec" is feminine, agreeing with "patria": There is no indefinite article or definite article (the, a, an). Sometimes the weak determiner "" (English "that", "this") can serve for the definite article: Latin also has demonstratives, such as ' (masculine, feminine and neuter proximal, corresponding to English "this" or "this one near me"), ' (distal, English "that"), ' (medial, "that one of yours"), and ' ("weak" demonstrative, "he, she, it"). These words, like all Latin third person pronouns can be used