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The Sensus communis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠where the it-pleases-me, which seems utterly private, is rooted; it becomes communicable once reflection has taken all others into account.

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The Sensus communis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a sense the same in everyone's privacy but an extra sense that fits us into a community — the very humanity of man, distinguishing him from animals and gods.