Multiple choice general knowledge

"Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom"

  1. Thomas Jefferson

  2. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  3. James Huneker

  4. Mary Wilson Little
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Explanation

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the English poet and philosopher, authored this definition of wisdom. The quote reflects Coleridge's philosophical view that what society calls 'wisdom' is essentially common sense elevated to an extraordinary degree. Thomas Jefferson, James Huneker, and Mary Wilson Little are not the authors.

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