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rondetto On March 26, 2024




Wrexham, United Kingdom
#1New Post! Mar 02, 2015 @ 14:05:19
In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high 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 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 Happiness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to make me happy?"

"No, not really."

"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good, nor will it make me happy, why tell it to me at all?"

This explains why Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem.

It also explains why Socrates never found out his best friend was shagging his wife.
JSUN On March 12, 2015




, West Virginia
#2New Post! Mar 07, 2015 @ 05:23:05
interesting......ty
Tigerstar7 On February 03, 2024




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#3New Post! Mar 22, 2015 @ 00:45:39
xD Oh my gosh that's hilarious.
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