Keep this philosophy in mind the next time you hear or are about to repeat a
rumor. A good lesson for us all....

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 Test of Three."

"Test of Three?"

"That's correct," 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. Have you made absolutely
sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"

"No," the man replied, "actually I just heard about it."

"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. 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 though because there is a third test - 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 and said no more.

This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem.










It also explains why Socrates didn't find out that Plato was banging his wife.

Reincarnate said:

hey you

Hi funkpill,

I really thank u 4 having shared this.




It also explains why Socrates didn't find out that Plato was banging his wife.

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**** I did read that Socrate prefered 2 stay all day out from home talking about his philosophy bcuz he couldnt stand his wife...

Socrates was a fuckin' trip me and my philosophy instructor would get into arguments because i believed that Socrates blew Aristotle out of the water when it came to thought.

I love Philosophy, and I think it should be mandatory in school, especially Ethics.

gemini13 said:

***** I completly agree with ya

Lilith said:

Lilith said:
**** I did read that Socrate prefered 2 stay all day out from home talking about his philosophy bcuz he couldnt stand his wife... [/quote]


xplnyrslf:
I read somewhere that alot of the Greek philosphers had young male students on the side. I don't recall the source. Maybe from a Western Civilization class I took years ago....
(for some reason my response blended in with the statement, thus the labels)
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is that pronounced Sockratees?...or So Crates?