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Another eminent writer, who has put the question what common sense is, is Fenelon, the famous archbishop of Cambray. That ingenious and pious author, having had an early prepossession in favour of the Cartesian philosophy, made an attempt to establish, on a sure foundation, the metaphysical arguments which Des Cartes had invented to prove the being of the Deity. For this purpose, he begins with the Car¬tesian doubt. He proceeds to find out the truth of his own existence, and then to examine wherein the salvatore ferragamo outletevidence and certainty of this and other such primary truths consisted. This, according to Cartesian principles, he places in the clearness and distinctness of the ideas. On the contrary, he place the absurdity of the contrary propositions, In their being repugnant to his clear and distinct ideas. To illustrate this, he gives various examples of questions salvatore ferragamo shoesmanifestly absurd and ridiculous, which evexr man of common understanding would at first sight perceive to be so, ana then goes on to this purpose: What is it that makes these questions ridiculous? Wherein does this ridicule precisely consist? It will perhaps be replied, that it consists in this, that they shock common sense. But what is this same common sense ? It is not the first notions that all men have equally of the same things. This common sense, which is always and in all places the same; which prevents inquiry; which make inquiryferragamo sale in some cases ridiculous; which, instead of inquiring, makes a man laugh whether he will or not; which puts it out of a mans power to doubt: this sense, which only waits to be consulted; which shows itself at the first glance, and immediately discovers the evidence or the absurdity of a question; is not this the same that I call my ideas?