[FairfieldLife] Re: Wisdom from Socrates
If the 162,145 messages on this forum were subject to the Triple Filter Test, there'd probably be about 63. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 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 absolutely sure that what you are > about to tell me is true?" (Sathyam?) > > "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?" (Priyam?) > > "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?" (Hitham?) > > "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?" > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.11/1242 - Release Date: 1/24/2008 > 8:32 PM >
[FairfieldLife] Re: Wisdom from Socrates
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 5:21 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wisdom from Socrates > > > > > Rich Archer fails all 3 tests but still continues. What a world... > > > > And Nabby passes them all so unerringly. Never untruthful, never > negative, > > never useless. Someone for us all to emulate. > > I pass the first, fail on the second. > But usefulness, I simply have no way of knowing. > > So you're never untruthful? Is there anyone else on this board who can say > that? On this earth? Knowingly untruthful ? No.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wisdom from Socrates
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 5:21 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wisdom from Socrates > Rich Archer fails all 3 tests but still continues. What a world... > > And Nabby passes them all so unerringly. Never untruthful, never negative, > never useless. Someone for us all to emulate. I pass the first, fail on the second. But usefulness, I simply have no way of knowing. So you’re never untruthful? Is there anyone else on this board who can say that? On this earth? No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.11/1242 - Release Date: 1/24/2008 8:32 PM
[FairfieldLife] Re: Wisdom from Socrates
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 4:44 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wisdom from Socrates > > > > Rich Archer fails all 3 tests but still continues. What a world... > > And Nabby passes them all so unerringly. Never untruthful, never negative, > never useless. Someone for us all to emulate. I pass the first, fail on the second. But usefulness, I simply have no way of knowing. I'll give you 1/4 of a point, or thereabouts, on "usefulness" since I'm in a good mood today, and since your obsession about other peoples sex-life and rumourmonging probably is not all you "contribute" here. :-)
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wisdom from Socrates
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 4:44 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wisdom from Socrates Rich Archer fails all 3 tests but still continues. What a world... And Nabby passes them all so unerringly. Never untruthful, never negative, never useless. Someone for us all to emulate. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.11/1242 - Release Date: 1/24/2008 8:32 PM
[FairfieldLife] Re: Wisdom from Socrates
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 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 absolutely sure that what you are > about to tell me is true?" (Sathyam?) > > "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?" (Priyam?) > > "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?" (Hitham?) > > "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?" Rich Archer fails all 3 tests but still continues. What a world...
