Philip the Chancellor's distinction between synderesis as potentia and conscientia as actus already accounts for the dual-mode behavior without collapsing both into a single hybrid category.
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Philip the Chancellor(as a historical figure whose ideas are being referenced)
A medieval philosopher and theologian (lived around 1160–1236) who taught at the University of Paris and wrote influential works on conscience and moral psychology.
Potentia(describing synderesis as a dormant capacity)
A Latin word meaning 'potential' or 'capacity'—the idea that something exists as an ability or power that hasn't been actively used yet.
synderesis(Medieval moral psychology; distinguished from conscience and from the deliberative powers)
An innate orientation towards goodness that cannot be completely eradicated ontologically; in its proper functioning it 'murmurs' against evil and 'goads' the agent towards the good.