In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for
his wisdom.
One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance who ran up
to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just
heard about one of your students?"
Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me 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 talk to me about my
student let's take a moment to filter what you're going to say. The
first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you
are about to tell me is true?"
"No," the man 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
him, even though you're not certain it's true?"
The man shrugged, a little embarrassed.
Socrates continued. "You may still pass the test though,because
there is a third filter - 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?"
The man was defeated and ashamed.
This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in
such high esteem.
Love is Great...
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