In ancient Greece, Socrates
was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the
great philosopher and said, "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. That's why I call it the
triple filter test.
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 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?"
"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 & held in such high esteem
nice...
ReplyDeletehmmm...if only everyone would apply the triple filter theory..., :)
so so so truey true shiel...
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