The great Socrates

Keep this philosophy in mind the next time you
either hear or are abt to repeat a rumour.

In ancient Greece (469-399 BC),Socrates
was widely lauded for his wisdom.

One day the great philosopher came uopn an
acquaintance who ran up to him excitedly and
said,¨Socrates,do you know what I just heard
about one of your student?¨

¨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?¨ask the acquaintance.

¨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 bout to tell me is
true?

No,¨the man said,¨actually I just heard
about it.¨


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 Goodnrdd.Is what
you are about to tell me about my student
something good?¨


No,on the contrary....¨.


So,¨Socrates continued,ÿou want to tell me
something bad about him,even though you`re
not certain it`s true?¨

The man shrugged,a little embarrasse.
Socrates continued.You may still pass the test
through,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 Socrate,¨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.It also explains
why he never found out that plato was
screwing his wife.

Posted: at 24-10-2009 03:49 PM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac

ok

Posted: at 24-10-2009 04:03 PM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac

good

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Posted: at 24-10-2009 04:11 PM (14 years ago) | Addicted Hero

?

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Posted: at 24-10-2009 04:23 PM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac

how many times

Posted: at 24-10-2009 05:09 PM (14 years ago) | Upcoming

OKAY.

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Posted: at 24-10-2009 06:48 PM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac

OKAY

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Posted: at 24-10-2009 06:57 PM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac

gud one

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Posted: at 24-10-2009 10:35 PM (14 years ago) | Hero

at the beginnning i was like WTF

now i'm just ROTFL

Posted: at 24-10-2009 11:25 PM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac

ME TOO NO GET WETIN HE TALK

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Posted: at 25-10-2009 12:28 AM (14 years ago) | Addicted Hero