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“sancta simplicitas”
sancta simplicitas (Latin term)
Literally, "holy simplicity", an expression of astonishment at another person's naivety or naïvety (simple mindedness).
These are said to have been the dying words of John Huss (1373-1415), Bohemian religious reformer and martyr, provoked by the sight of a simple peasant adding wood to the fire around the stake where Huss was being martyred or burned to death for his religious beliefs.
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