The most basic meaning would be... if something you did was the smart thing to do. An example would be jumping out of an airplane without a parachute.
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When Thomas Paine was writing Common Sense what he was trying to get across to the American Colonists was that it was only "Common Sense" to fight the British.
The main idea of the common sense was to pursuade colonist to declare the Declaration of Indepenence
Thomas Paine wrote the Common Sense pamphlet. The Pamphlet encouraged Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence.
Most people would say it was "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine
Common Sense
The pamphlet is called "Common Sense" authored by Thomas Paine.
January of 1776Thomas Paine's Common Sense was published in January 1776.