gpsbrar
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Next time if someone wants to spread gossip, think of this:
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
isTruth.
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.
It also explains why he never found out that Plato was having an affair
with his wife.
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we need a little untrue, bad and useless stuff in our lives to survive!!!!
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