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Wisdom is hard to find...
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 Test of the Three Cups.”
“Three Cups?” he asked. “That’s right” Socrates answered, “before you talk to me about my student, let’s take a moment to pour out the dregs of what you’re going to say into the three cups, and see what is left.”
“The first cup 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……..” “Alright,” said Socrates. “So you don’t really know if it’s true or not.”
“Now let’s try the second cup; the cup 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 cup—the cup of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell about my student going to be useful to me?” “No, not really….”
“Well,” concluded Socrates, “if what you want to tell me is neither known to be True, nor Good, nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?” The man was defeated and ashamed.
This is one example of why Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem. It also explains why Socrates never found out that Plato was banging his wife.
lol wow...
Alrighty then! Lmaoooo! Good one.
Lol! Nice one.
Im using that one on my daughter and her friends when they pic up the rumors ...
It's possibly part of the reason he was ultimately forced to drink hemlock ...
How you know he never found out? Maybe he couldn't pass the 3 test. Made me laugh. *smile* hahahahahaha
lol Now that's one of the better ones I've seen in a while. Very nice.
Coolness.