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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\u201cDo you know what I just found out about your friend?\u201d
– \u201cJust a minute,\u201d replied Socrates. \u201cBefore you tell me, I\u2019d like to set you a test. The three sieves\u2019 test. Before you tell me all sorts about other people, it\u2019s a good idea to take the time to filter what you want to say. That\u2019s what I call the three sieves\u2019 test. The first sieve is truth. Have you checked that what you want to tell me is true?\u201d
– \u201cNo, I\u2019ve only just heard about it\u2026\u201d
– \u201cRight, so you don\u2019t know whether it\u2019s true. Let\u2019s try the second sieve, kindness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend something good?\u201d
– \u201cOh no! Quite the opposite.\u201d
– \u201cSo,\u201d continued Socrates, \u201cyou want to tell me bad things about him and you\u2019re not even sure that they are true. There\u2019s one sieve left, usefulness.
– Is what you want to tell me about my friend of any use?\u201d
– \u201cNo, not really.\u201d
\u201cSo,\u201d said Socrates in conclusion, \u201cif what you want to tell me is neither true, good nor useful, why do you want to tell me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What about you? Do you use Socrates\u2019 three sieves?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One day someone came up to the great philosopher and said to him: \u201cDo you know what I just found out about your friend?\u201d– \u201cJust a minute,\u201d replied Socrates. \u201cBefore you tell me, I\u2019d like to set you a test. The three sieves\u2019 test. Before you tell me all sorts about other people, it\u2019s a good idea to take the time to filter what you want to say. That\u2019s what I call the three sieves\u2019 test. The first sieve is truth. Have you checked that what you want to tell me is true?\u201d– \u201cNo, I\u2019ve only just heard about it\u2026\u201d– \u201cRight, so you don\u2019t know whether it\u2019s true. Let\u2019s try the second sieve, kindness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend something good?\u201d– \u201cOh no! Quite the opposite.\u201d– \u201cSo,\u201d continued Socrates, \u201cyou want to tell me bad things about him and you\u2019re not even sure that they are true. There\u2019s one sieve left, usefulness.– Is what you want to tell me about my friend of any use?\u201d– \u201cNo, not really.\u201d\u201cSo,\u201d said Socrates in conclusion, \u201cif what you want to tell me is neither true, good nor useful, why do you want to tell me?\u201d What about you? Do you use Socrates\u2019 three sieves?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2289],"tags":[2431,2432,2433,2434,2435],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n