The "common opinion" is more likely to be wrong than right!
But it shows, at all events, that the opponents of eternal punishment should not talk too confidently about the "common opinion of mankind.
Where is the use of the Bible, if the "common opinion" of mortal man is to be regarded as of more weight than the declarations of God's Word?
Such conduct, therefore, even when it is allowed to be wrong, is very mildly treated by common opinion; especially when it is prompted by some impulse not self-regarding.
Aristotle, discarding the transcendentalism of Plato, naturally retained from Plato's teaching the original Socratic method of induction from and verification by common opinion.
Again, this Socratic deference to common opinion is not shown merely in the way by which Aristotle reaches his fundamental conception; it equally appears in his treatment of the conception itself.
It has exclusive reference to them and not to the ungodly who lived subsequent to the destruction of Jerusalem, much less does it refer to all the wicked that have ever existed, or shall hereafter exist, as common opinion asserts.
Suppose a christian should this moment die, and, according to common opinion, enter immediately on an immortal existence.
When old enough to begin work or study, a lad's daily conduct is observed and criticised; and at the age when the household law first tightens about him, he also commences to feel the pressure of common opinion.
But the ordinary person would not dream of attempting to claim a legal right opposed to common opinion.
The religion capable [159] of regulating every act of existence by the force of common opinion requires no catechism.
It was a common opinion, she said, that he cared little for Flanders, and that he was under the influence of evil counsellors, who would persuade him to deal with the country as a conquered province.
His schemes were so vast, that it was a common opinion he aspired to universal monarchy.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "common opinion" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
