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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, "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.

Tags:  fun, gossip, rumour

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