A bit cynical, we tend to cast as much scorn on naivety as we do on kindness. However, in the beginning, everything started quite well. the dictionary Robert defines it as “Natural, simple and real character” And “natural grace infused with confidence and sincerity.” Only here. apart from a few letters and a projection effect, naive merges with simple-minded. Are we on the wrong track? Is naivety a bad flaw or an essential part of social life?
“This double meaning has always been there– recalls Isabelle de Vendèvre, a teacher and researcher at the École Normale Supérieure, who edited a fascinating book on the subject. Naiveties (Herman Publications). “We find this ambiguity from the sixteenth century, for example in Montaigne; the gullible is both an innocent lacking in craft and a credulous being lacking in discernment.”
That’s why no one likes to be called naive, an often mocked nature…
Source: Le Figaro
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