Why did thomas paine write "common sense"? what was his purpose?

Paine wrote “Common Sense” in 1776. As you may know, this was during the times of the revolution. “Common Sense” was a pamphlet trying to encourage colonists to go against Britain. To win independence. Paine was an extreme patriot and he also wrote other papers for the revolution. “Common Sense” was the most sold.

If i remember correctly it was caused by people hurling bodies at a country for some reason and them they all became infected

Athena (goddess of wisdom) gave perseus an unlikely tool to defeat medusa that requires brain over brawn that was instrumental in his victory against medusa