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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sachii" data-source="post: 4080519" data-attributes="member: 126652"><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px">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, </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="font-size: 18px">do you know what I just heard about one of your students?`</span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px"> </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px">`Wait a moment,` Socrates replied. `<span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: Sienna">Before you tell me I`d like you to pass a little test. It`s called the Test of Three.` </span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px">`Test of Three?` </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px">`That`s right,` Socrates continued. `Before you talk to me about my student let`s take a moment to test what you`re going to say. The first test is Truth. <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: Sienna">Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?` </span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 18px">No,` the man said, `actually I just heard about It.` </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px">`All right,` said Socrates. `So you don`t really know if it`s true or not. Now let`s try the second test, the test of Goodness. <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: Sienna">Is what you are about to tell me about my student something good?`</span></span> </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 18px">`No, on the contrary...</span>` </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px">`So,` Socrates continued, `<span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: Sienna">you want to tell me something bad about him even though you`re not certain it`s true?` </span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 18px">The man shrugged, a little embarrassed. </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Socrates continued. `You may still pass though, because there is a third test - the filter of Usefulness. <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: Sienna">Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?` </span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px">`<span style="font-size: 18px">No, not really.` </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px">`Well,` concluded Socrates, `if what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: Sienna">why tell it to me at all?` </span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 15px">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 was banging his wife.</span></span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>

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