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Message: <blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 735290" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><span style="color: black">Keep this philosophy in mind the next time you hear or are about to repeat, a rumor.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'">In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><span style="color: black">lauded for his wisdom. One day the great philosopher</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><span style="color: black">came upon an acquaintance, who ran up to him excitedly</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><span style="color: black">and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><span style="color: black">one of your students...?"</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'">"Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><span style="color: black">me, I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><span style="color: black">the Test of Three."</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'">"Test of Three?"</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'">"That's correct," Socrates continued.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'">"Before you talk to me about my student let's take a</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><span style="color: black">moment to test what you're going to say. The first</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><span style="color: black">test is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><span style="color: black">you are about to tell me is true?"</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'">"No," the man replied, "actually I just heard about it."</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'">"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><span style="color: black">if it's true or not. Now let's try the second test,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><span style="color: black">the test of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><span style="color: black">about my student something good?"</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'">"No, on the contrary..."</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'">"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><span style="color: black">something bad about him even though you're not certain</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><span style="color: black">it's true?"</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'">The man shrugged, a little embarrassed.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><span style="color: black">Socrates continued, "You may still pass though because</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><span style="color: black">there is a third test - the filter of Usefulness. Is what you</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><span style="color: black">want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?"</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'">"No, not really..."</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'">"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><span style="color: black">me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><span style="color: black">it to me at all?"</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'">The man was defeated and ashamed and said no more.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'">This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><span style="color: black">and held in such high esteem.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'">It also explains why Socrates never found out that</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'"><span style="color: black">Plato was banging his wife.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>

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