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 mnemonics parts: diamond, ruby, sapphire, ’"onyx cum prole silexque"‘. If I do not wonder how the quean 'scaped tempting, I'm an hermaphrodite! The Latin phrase is a line taken from William Lily's Latin grammar "Brevissima Institutio", from a mnemonic poem entitled "The Third Special Rule", the particular verse of which is entitled "Nouns of the doubtful Gender excepted": <poem> "Sunt dubii generis", cardo, margo, cinis, obex, Forceps, pumex, imbrex, cortex, pulvis, adeps"que": "Adde" culex, natrix, "et" onyx "cum prole", siléx"que"; "Quamvis hæc meliùs vult mascula dicier usus". </poem> The literal meaning of the phrase is ""onyx" with its compounds, and "silex"".