He begins as a gullible, simple soul, with a naive faith in his teacher Pangloss.
Along with this naive faith in economic management goes a realistic understanding of the flaws of the old system.
The case for leaving Microsoft alone does not rest on some naive faith in the perfection of free markets.
He knew most people placed a naive faith in fences, assuming they brought privacy.
"I had this naive faith that I could scratch out a living from this, and it just hadn't been happening."
Moses, who is far more sophisticated than the shepherd with his naive faith, asks, "And does God drink it?"
Jack Kerouac, too: he had an almost naive faith in the value of his own experience.
Perhaps Aliid had been right to scoff at his naive faith.
I cannot fault you for that, though I have always disagreed with your naive faith in the fairness of our captors.
"I have a strong, perhaps naive faith in the ultimate power of information."