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A true Friend

In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day one fellow 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?" "No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and...". "All right," said Socrates. "So you don't 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?"

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المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة najia realy it's a very good story about friend you can't hurt you friend because of something witch is not true at all your friend is your second life and you twim if you need any thing you find you friend

المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة زمردة الشرق the story is obout the real friend who keep the friendship when his friend absent my be this is the lesson yes or know

المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة salimnina I think the test is about truth even though it involves friendship somehow, it's about avoiding doubt before making any statement or judgment, you are only assuming that his friend ( socrates ) is worth the friendship, however Socrates wanted to stop the other person short in order to remind him that before saying anything he should take into account 1. the truth 2. goodness 3.and finally whether it's useful or not basically even if it's not true, Socrates would still listen to him as it might be good or useful, but because none of it was relevant, Socrates stopped him short in order not to waste his time, not because of his friend the general rule is that if something isn't true nor good or useful, then what is it for?