plain man
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Examples
The plain man is familiar with blindness and deafness, and knows from his everyday experience that the look of things is influenced by his senses; but it never occurs to him to regard the whole world as the creation of his senses.
There is a loud cry in these days for clues that shall guide the plain man through the vast bewildering labyrinth of printed volumes.
Can you tell a plain man the road to heaven? Certainly, turn at once to the right, and then go straight forward.