Atalanta: Papu Gómez’s wife sues Socrates to defend him

The latest episode of the Papu case comes through social networks. In fact, on Instagram, the wife of the Atalanta forward, Linda Raff, published “The Story of the Three Sieve”, a parable attributed to Socrates. “Not true, not good, not useful.”

A subtle way to get her to tell about the story, as the moral is to think carefully before reporting gossip or unverified news.

The text

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Here is the text of the parable: “One day a man in turmoil approached Socrates and said: ‘Listen Socrates, I have something important to tell you about your friend.’

‘Wait a moment – interrupted the sage – Did you pass what you want to tell me through the three sieves?’

“Three sieves?” asked the other, amazed.

“Yes, my dear, let’s see if what you want to tell me goes through the three sieves.” The first sieve is that of truth: are you convinced that everything you want to tell me is true?

‘Not really, I’ve only heard it from others.’

But then, did you at least put it through the second sieve, the one of kindness? Even if what you want to tell is not entirely true, is it at least a good thing? ‘.

The man hesitantly replied: ‘I must confess that I am not. On the contrary … ‘.

And have you thought about the third sieve? Have you ever wondered what the point of telling me these things about my friend? Is there anything good about it? ‘

‘You see – the essay continues – if what you want to tell me is not true, or good, or useful, then I prefer not to know and I advise you to forget it’ “.