Shayari Bazar

In ancient Greece Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in the highest esteem One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said Socrates 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 Triple Filter Test Triple filter? That s right Socrates continued Before you talk to me about my friend it might be a good idea to take a moment and 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 absolutely true? No the man said I actually 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 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 s 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 true nor good nor even useful why tell it to me at all? This is why Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem It also explains why he never found out that his best friend was having a secret affair with his wife