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is a leveling downward to our dullest perception such that the commonest sense is the sense of men asleep, which they express by snoring.

Why level downward to our dullest perception always, and praise that as common sense' The commonest sense is the sense of men asleep, which they express by snoring.

is always the name in which the war against intelligence is waged.

We know that the war against intelligence is always waged in the name of common sense. Roland Barthes

is by no means irrelevant in complex situations... rather, it is in complex situations that common sense, or at least prudence, seems to be most desirable.

political, and scientific developments, how to remove poverty. In a time such as our own, common sense tells us that 'commonsensical' notions like thrift, individual initiative, even good will, are inadequate means for the achievement of the end in view. This suggests that common sense is irrelevant in complex situations, a suggestion that does not seem to be borne out by experience. Instead, it is evident that in complex situations common sense, or at least prudence, seems to be most desirable. (118)

is eminently practical... it does not strive for a precision which is alien to its domain.

For common sense is eminently practical... it does not strive for a precision which is alien to its domain. Our list represents those ends which are most commonly held to move men to action. The means men use are variable... the end which governs an individual's conduct may change in the course of his life... but with respect to mankind as a whole, the ends remain the same. As men of common sense are inclined to say, 'so long as men remain men' their motives will be much the same. (117)

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius. (George Bernard Shaw)

is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or the entire human race.

Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or the entire human race. Giambattista Vico

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