Sensus communis (English spelling) Sensuscommunis

Japanese: sensus communis(英語表記)sensuscommunis
Sensus communis (English spelling) Sensuscommunis

...One is the meaning of "social commonality" in the concept of a common and simple sense of judgment shared by people in society, and the other is the meaning of "commonality of the senses" in the concept of a fundamental sense (common sense) that is common across the senses and integrates them. Usually, when we talk about "common sense," we only think of the former (social judgment), but originally common sense (sensus communis in Latin) meant the latter (common sense). The idea of ​​"common sense" was already seen in Aristotle (koinē aisthēsis), and its function is to perceive movement, stillness, shape, size, number, etc. that cannot be grasped by individual senses, and its function is almost on the same level as "imagination." ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "sensus communis" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…その一つは,社会のなかで人々が共通(コモン)にもつまっとうな判断力(センス)というとらえ方のなかでの,〈社会的な共通性〉の意味であり,もう一つは,諸感覚(センス)に相わたって共通(コモン)で,しかもそれらを統合する根源的感覚(共通感覚)というとらえ方のなかでの,〈諸感覚の共通性〉の意味である。そして普通,コモン・センスというと,前者(社会的判断力)だけしか考えられないが,もともとコモン・センス(ラテン語ではセンスス・コムニスsensus communis)とは,後者(共通感覚)のことだったのである。〈共通感覚〉の考え方はすでにアリストテレスに見られ(コイネ・アイステシスkoinē aisthēsis),その働きとして,個別感覚ではとらえられない運動,静止,形,大きさ,数などを知覚することが挙げられ,またその働きはほぼ〈想像力〉と同列に置かれている。…

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