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?”
“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?”
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STEPHEN on JANUARY 17, 2014 in INSPIRATIONAL STORIES
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