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Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-usSocrates and the Test of Threehttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/B0DB06FF-ADC1-4336-88ED-D1645CBC37DD/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/gingembre/">gingembre</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> <img src="http://clipmarks.com/images/icons/smilies/grin.gif" alt="" /> <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.radiowavex.com/images/socrates.html" title="http://www.radiowavex.com/images/socrates.html">www.radiowavex.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="p1">Keep this philosophy in mind the next time you either hear or are about to repeat a rumor.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="p1">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?" </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="p1">"Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Test of Three."</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="p1">"Three?"</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="p1">"That's right," Socrates continued "Before you talk to me about my student let's take a moment to test what you're going to say. The first test is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="p1">"No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it."</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="p1">"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second test, the test of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my student something good?"</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="p1">"No, on the contrary..."</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="p1">"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him even though you're not certain it's true?"</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="p1">The man shrugged, a little embarrassed.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="p1">Socrates continued. "You may still pass though, because there is a third test - the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my stu dent going to be useful to me?"</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="p1">"No, not really."</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="p1">"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?"</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="p1">The man was defeated and left, ashamed.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="p1">This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem. It also explains why he never found out that Plato was banging his wife.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/rumors/" rel="tag">rumors</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/socrates/" rel="tag">socrates</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/advice/" rel="tag">advice</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/humour/" rel="tag">humour</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/humor/" rel="tag">humor</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">philosophy</a></div>http://www.radiowavex.com/images/socrates.htmlThu, 22 Feb 2007 17:32:51 GMT50 Amazing Ads You Haven't Seenhttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/C606B13E-4586-4101-BF78-03A251EFC092/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/luci_m/">luci_m</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://moronland.net/moronia/moron/1000/" title="http://moronland.net/moronia/moron/1000/">moronland.net</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2 id="mediapageTitle">50 Amazing Ads You Haven't Seen</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV id="mediapageDesc"> A set of 50 advertisements that stand out from the rest. Each of these is unique and creative. Collected over a 5 month period. </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV id="mediapageBOX"><DIV id="mediaTextBox"> <DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>50, 49</STRONG> Braun Shavers </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad1.jpg" /> <BR /><IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad2.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>48, 47</STRONG> The Washington Zoo </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad3.jpg" /> <BR /> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad4.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>46, 45</STRONG> Honda Auto Parts </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad5.jpg" /> <BR /> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad6.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>44</STRONG> Animal Rights </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad7.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>43, 42</STRONG> Eukanuba Pet Food </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad8.jpg" /> <BR /> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad9.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>41, 40, 39</STRONG> Chambre 69 Dildos </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad10.jpg" /> <BR /> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad11.jpg" /> <BR /> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad12.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>38</STRONG> Durex Lubricant </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad13.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>37, 36</STRONG> Club Med Vacations </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad14.jpg" /> <BR /> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad15.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>35, 34</STRONG> Music Inside </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad16.jpg" /> <BR /> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad17.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>33, 32</STRONG> Ariel Bleach </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad18.jpg" /> <BR /> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad19.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>31, 30, 29</STRONG> An Art Studio </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad20.jpg" /> <BR /> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad21.jpg" /> <BR /> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad22.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>28, 27</STRONG> Blood Donations (in India, I believe) </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad23.jpg" /> <BR /> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad24.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>26</STRONG> Anti Smoking </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad25.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>25, 24</STRONG> Animal Rights </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad26.jpg" /> <BR /> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad27.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>23, 22, 21</STRONG> HUMO Magazine </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad28.jpg" /> <BR /> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad29.jpg" /> <BR /> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad30.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>20</STRONG> Post-It Notes </DIV> <IMG 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class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>13</STRONG> Car Wax </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad42.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>12, 11</STRONG> Telefonica Long Distance Calling </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad43.jpg" /> <BR /> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad44.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>10</STRONG> Perrier </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad45.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>9</STRONG> Tampax Tampons </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad46.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>8</STRONG> City Sport (anti-steroids </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad47.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>7</STRONG> Some Type of Orange Juice </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad48.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>6</STRONG> Mercedez</DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad49.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>5</STRONG> Wonderbra </DIV> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad50.jpg" /> <BR /><DIV class="amazingAdNo"><STRONG>4, 3, 2, 1</STRONG> A set of ads for Puma Store: </DIV><IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad34.jpg" /> <BR /> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad37.jpg" /> <BR /> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad36.jpg" /> <BR /> <IMG src="http://www.moronlandmedia.com/special/amazingAds/amazingad35.jpg" /></DIV></DIV></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/advertising/" rel="tag">advertising</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/media/" rel="tag">media</a></div>http://moronland.net/moronia/moron/1000/Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:30:30 GMT