Arabic-L:TRANS:translation for 'common sense'

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Date: 25 Mar 2010
From:Albrecht Hofheinz <albrecht.hofheinz at ikos.uio.no>
Subject:translation for 'common sense'

Dear listers,

What would be your suggestion for translating "common sense" to  
Arabic? In German/Norwegian, it's "healthy"/sound sense (gesunder  
Menschenverstand / sunn fornuft - I won't go into the long-debated  
differences between Verstand and Vernunft here, but note that both are  
less 'sensual' than 'sense'). In French, c.s. is "good" sense (bon  
sens).

In Arabic, عقل and معقول may fill some of the same function  
(cf. العقل السليم في الجسم السليم). What do you  
suggest?

Thank you,
Albrecht Hofheinz


Albrecht Hofheinz, dr.philos.
Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Culture
Dept. of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages
University of Oslo
tel. +47-2285 6854, mob. +47-47285768

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