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In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was well
known 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 talk
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. 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, 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.
In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was well
known 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 talk
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. 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, 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.