What is the origin and meaning of the term “common sense”? Does it refer to something being common or to a person’s intelligence level?
The meaning of the term “common sense” has evolved over the past 2800 years, since Aristotle, of Ancient Greece introduced the term “sensus communis” (Latin meaning “a sense shared by all”). It was Aristotle’s belief that all humans gain information about the world through their five senses and this information is stored as latent knowledge …