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抮e going to say. That抯 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抰 really know if it抯 true or not. Now, let抯 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抮e not certain it抯 true. You may still pass the test though, because there抯 one filter left梩he 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? And at last, lets all try to be like this...!!!
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 04:39:47 +0000
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