The Story of Socrates and the Three Filters

What are the three filters of Socrates? The story goes that Socrates was resting under a tree when one of his disciples approached him in a hurry and said; Master, I want to tell you something. A friend of yours has been speaking ill of you. Socrates interrupted, saying: Wait a moment, have you passed this through the three filters before telling me? The three filters? I'm not sure what you mean...

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[ELFUICHE]

“Ain’t nobody got time for gossiping.” -Socrates

[PigMaster]

And this is how Socrates never got to know that his wife was cheating on him.

Edit: Guys chill I know it's not true, it never happend, it's a joke

[Drone_PilotSG]

A couple of minutes later….Socrates ask his disciple….’so what did that guy say about me?”

[severusdeath]

The internet and social media desperately need this filter

[goldeneddie]

And with that, Socrates cancelled every news station ever.

[totallyfrozen]

“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”
‭‭Philippians‬ ‭4‬:‭8‬ ‭(NIV‬‬)

[LateNightRewrites]

Its actually 100 percent good and necessary to tell your friend something like that

[Perfect_Pizza]

“Dont tell me my friends are scumbags. I wanna pretend they arent”

[AnnaYAH]

In other words "THOU SHALL NOT GOSSIP!"

[anonymously-mysterious]

We all know damn well after that Socrates asked him, “you done writing what I said ? Kay now tell me”.😂

[JustSonicShorts]

This should be put on every social media platform especially Twitter

[tibbott]

Socrates should also have asked the disciple, "So... why was my friend so comfortable saying this around you?"

[jasonboone]

wise words. i try and keep them close but i also try and stay silent some people only like the sound of there own voice

[infinityevr]

It doesn’t deserve to be said. Sometimes silence truly is golden.

[maximuscosmos]

These filters should be taught in every family, school, and religious organization.

[Paul-A]

The fourth and most important filter is "Is it juicy gossip?"

[felixlandim]

I love how the tree is such an important part of this

[denisea]

Deep! We can all benefit from this pause n reflect. Imagine a world where this is done first.

[wandamifflin]

Wise. Powerful Words. Wise, powerful words. Wow. Love it!!

[hopsta]

Friends don't backstab each other, for any reason.