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Topic	What is the history behind the phrase, 'common sense'?
SKARDAVNELNATE 12/24/20 12:17:54 AM #5:	I found this for you. https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/common-sense.html In the original 14th century meaning of the term, 'common sense' was a sense like our other senses. It was an internal feeling that was regarded as the common bond that united all the other human senses, the 'five wits' as they were known, and was something akin to what we now call 'heart'. By the 16th century, the meaning had changed to be more like our present day meaning, that is, 'the plain wisdom that everyone possesses'. The actually meaning, I think, is similar to "it goes without saying" or "it stands to reason". You are just supposae to agree without it being explained to you. --- No locked doors, no windows barred. No more things to make my brain seem SKARD. Look at Mr. Technical over here >.> -BTB <cite>SKARDAVNELNATE posted [p:948699232] in What is th... [t:79195997]...</cite> <quote>I found this for you. https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/common-sense.html <quote>In the original 14th century meaning of the term, 'common sense' was a sense like our other senses. It was an internal feeling that was regarded as the common bond that united all the other human senses, the 'five wits' as they were known, and was something akin to what we now call 'heart'. By the 16th century, the meaning had changed to be more like our present day meaning, that is, 'the plain wisdom that everyone possesses'.</quote> The actually meaning, I think, is similar to "it goes without saying" or "it stands to reason". You are just supposae to agree without it being explained to you. --- No locked doors, no windows barred. No more things to make my brain seem SKARD. Look at Mr. Technical over here >.> -BTB</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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