Wisdom

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Next time someone starts to spread gossip, think of this:

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 Triple Filter Test."

"Triple filter?"

"That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my
student
let's take a m! oment to 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
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's try the second filter, the filter 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 the test though,because there
is a third
filter - 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.

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

It also explains why he never found out that Plato (his student) was
having an affair with his wife.

[Abu Hurayra]

Next time someone starts to spread gossip, think of this:

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 Triple Filter Test."

"Triple filter?"

"That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my
student
let's take a m! oment to 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
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's try the second filter, the filter 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 the test though,because there
is a third
filter - 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.

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

It also explains why he never found out that Plato (his student) was
having an affair with his wife.
thanks for an interesting article,
These days you can find many useless threads in forum uz opened without filtering. They just quote from air or just quote form those liars, mostly from antiIslamic media(The reason for mentioning antiIslamic media is that most of those Threads opened against Islam (specially or without knowing). I dont know the aim of that kind of people. What they gain by wasting their time on typing bunch of symbols and posting them?

1) their messege is not properly checked and not true!
2) their messege is neither good
3) nor usefull.


PS:I think those who think take useful lesson from it.

respectfully Mazlum...