Story : Socrates’ wisdom and power of judging a man

Socrates was the great philosopher in ancient Greece and was held in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said …………….

Socrates was the great philosopher in ancient Greece and was held in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, “Do you know what I just heard about you friend?”

“Hold on a minute”, Socrates replied. “Before telling me anything I’d like to pass a little test. It called Triple Filter Test.”

“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. That’s why I call it the triple filter test.

The first filter is Truth. “Have you made absolute sure that what you are about to tell me is true?” “No”, the man. “Actually I just heard about it and ——–“ “All right”, said Socrates. “So, you don’t really know if it’s true or not.”

Now 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”, continued Socrates, “If what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?”

Moral: Don’t heed to other’s conspiracy.