Every philosophy tends to become the common sense of a limited intellectual environment

Evidence

In philosophy the features of individual elaboration of thought are the most salient: in common sense on the other hand it is the diffuse, unco-ordinated features of a generic form of thought common to a particular period and a particular popular environment. But every philosophy has a tendency to become the common sense of a fairly limited environment (that of all the intellectuals). — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1190

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes philosophy by individual elaboration from common sense by diffuse coordination.
• XREF: This is the core definition of common sense that Gramsci later grounds hegemony on — central scaffolding for the Islamophobia readings. — connects to: Common sense is the fragmentary, incoherent philosophy of non-philosophers tied to their social class — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1502