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paraclete · May 30, 2011, 06:50 PM

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 you talk to me about my friend, it might be 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?"

"Well, 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?"

"Umm, no, on the contrary…"

"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about my friend, 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, if what you want to tell me is neither true, nor good, nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?"

excon · May 31, 2011, 03:53 AM

Hello clete:

Sounds like a compendium of your posts.

excon

NeedKarma · May 31, 2011, 04:22 AM

Originally Posted by excon

Hello clete:

Sounds like a compendium of your posts.

excon

It sounds more like all the right-wing posts on this forum would benefit from the Socrates' advice.

paraclete · May 31, 2011, 05:41 AM

Originally Posted by excon

Hello clete:

Sounds like a compendium of your posts.

excon

No Ex I was actually thinking of you

excon · May 31, 2011, 05:44 AM

Hello again, clete:

Ok, then. Let's yell at each other for a couple pages. That's current.

excon

paraclete · May 31, 2011, 05:49 AM

Originally Posted by excon

Hello again, clete:

Ok, then. Let's yell at each other for a couple pages. That's current.

excon

Sorry Ex it is not very useful

excon · May 31, 2011, 05:51 AM

Originally Posted by paraclete

sorry Ex it is not very useful

Hello again, clete:

Sure it is. I LOVE kicking your a$$.

excon

paraclete · May 31, 2011, 03:47 PM

Well ex you should make sure I don't wear bigger boots

southamerica · May 31, 2011, 03:49 PM

This is a great little story! I'm going to go on ahead and put it on my Facebook!

Y'all need to get along.

excon · May 31, 2011, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by paraclete

well ex you should make sure I don't wear bigger boots

Hello again, clete:

Like these?

excon

paraclete · May 31, 2011, 04:06 PM

Just what I would expect a clown to wear