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Message: <blockquote data-quote="x-pert" data-source="post: 1930946" data-attributes="member: 837">[FONT=&quot]     Next time someone starts to spread gossip, think of this:         In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his    wisdom.         One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance who ran up to     him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about    one of your students?"         Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me 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    student let's take a m! oment to 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 student something good?"         "No, on the contrary..."         "So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad     about     him, even though you're not certain it's true?"         The man shrugged, a little embarrassed.         Socrates continued. "You may still pass the test though,because there    is a third filter - the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell     me about my student 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?"         The man was defeated and ashamed.         This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such    high esteem.         It also explains why he never found out that Plato (his student) was    having an affair with his wife. [/FONT]</blockquote>

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