or: Jack Spratt
Title:  Jack Spratt's  Triple Filter Test   





Let this be a lesson to us all....if you can figure out which lesson should be to us all!!!!  
A couple of valuable lessons here...
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Socrates 


Keep this in mind the next time you are about to repeat a rumor or spread gossip. 

In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. One day an acquaintance ran up to 
him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about Diogenes?"

"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?" asked the acquaintance.

"That's right," Socrates continued, "Before you talk to me about Diogenes let's take a moment 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."

"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 Diogenes something good?"

"No, on the contrary..."

"So," Socrates continued, "You want to tell me something about Diogenes that may be bad, 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 Diogenes 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 or anyone at all?"

The man was bewildered and ashamed. This is an example of why Socrates was a great philosopher and held in 
such high esteem.

It also explains why Socrates never found out that Diogenes was banging his wife.
 
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Triple Filter Test