thought for the day

Wed Sep 08, 2010 5:58 pm » by **Boondox681**

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 telling me anything,i'd like you to pass a little test.it's called the 3 filter test."

"3 filter?"

"that's right,"socrates continued."before you talk about my friend,it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say.that's why i call it the 3 filter test."

"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 us try the second filter,the filter of GOODNESS.is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?"

"no,on the contrary...."

"so," socrates continued,"you want to tell me something bad about him,but you're not certain it's true.you may still pass the test though,because there is one filter left: the 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 nor good nor even useful,why tell it to me at all?"

peace :flop:

Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:00 pm » by **Electrobadgr**

Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:00 pm » by **whitedeath**

If only more people were like that, think of the peace without people talking constant shit about one another based on rumours & lies.

Good post thank you boondox
:flop:

Wed Sep 08, 2010 7:24 pm » by **Donovan**

boondox you da man

Wed Sep 08, 2010 7:37 pm » by **Cornbread714**

Hey did you hear about the pedophile who wrote Alice in Wonderland? :ohno:

Wed Sep 08, 2010 8:24 pm » by **Boondox681**

paul mccartney?

Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:29 pm » by **Freeyourmindnow**

great story bro :lol:

Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:35 pm » by **Gostrider**

boondox681 wrote: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 telling me anything,i'd like you to pass a little test.it's called the 3 filter test."

"3 filter?"

"that's right,"socrates continued."before you talk about my friend,it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say.that's why i call it the 3 filter test."

"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 us try the second filter,the filter of GOODNESS.is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?"

"no,on the contrary...."

"so," socrates continued,"you want to tell me something bad about him,but you're not certain it's true.you may still pass the test though,because there is one filter left: the 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 nor good nor even useful,why tell it to me at all?"

peace

Thats what I like about Socrates - he's got common sense.

Thu Sep 09, 2010 4:49 am » by **Boondox681**

lovin' that common sense.

Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:01 am » by **The57ironman**

truth,goodness,and usefulness.......gotta love realness

where did that socrates stuff come from ?