| On the contrary, he views conscience as driven by synderesis and at the same time directing synderesis. |
| Bonaventure, while placing synderesis and conscience in different parts of a human being, does not isolate them. |
| In general, Bonaventure regards conscience and synderesis as interpenetrating one another. |
| It is the spark because, as the general drive to do good, synderesis provides the movement that conscience needs to operate. |
| This, however, does not seem to be either the best or the most prevalent view of scholasticism regarding synderesis. |
| Thomas taught that there is a natural conscience, synderesis, an intellectual habit which possesses the first precepts of natural law. |
