May 5th, 2008
Socrates at iba pa
*gusto ko itong forwarded message ni mam lilia antonio. share ko lang sa inyo:
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
Triple Filter Test.'
Triple filter?'
That's right,' Socrates continued. 'Before y ou 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 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 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 & held in such high
esteem.
Friends, use this triple filter each time you hear loose talk
about any of your near & dear friends.
** pinanood ko ang iron man, hayop sa effects, robert downey is so good in this movie. Pinanood ko din ang Another Boleyn girl, ang ganda ng istorya at patalbugan ang 2 lead actress 