From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Thu Jul 10 2003 - 17:58:58 MDT
In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in the highest
esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said,
"Socrates, do you know what I just heard about your friend?" "Hold on a
minute," 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 friend,
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 absolutely true? "No," the man said, "I actually
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 friend
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 friend 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 his best friend was banging his
wife.
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