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HEARTBURN-OMO
Spammer wannabe
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 Posted - Oct 19 2009 : 13:01:09
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> 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 never found out that
> Plato was banging his wife.
I have no idea if the last phrase is true...but I did like the rest!
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Socrates...the great philosopher?
