gm iprod Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 In ancient Greece, from 469 BC to 399 BC, lived Socrates, a philosopher who was well known and widely respected for his wisdom. One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance who said excitedly, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students?" "Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test." "Triple filter?" "That's right," Socrates continued "Before you tell to me about my student, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say. The first filter is 'Truth'. Are you absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?" "No," the acquaintance said, "actually I just heard about it and ..." "All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not? Now let's try the second filter, the filter of 'Goodness'. Is what you are about to tell me about my student something good?" "No, on the contrary . . ." "So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about my student, but you're not certain it's true. You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter left: the filter of 'Usefulness'. Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?" "No,not really." "Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?" This is why Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem. It also explains why he never found out that Plato was banging his wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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