1. For Socrates, the search for wisdom begins with an attempt to clarify who we really are as human beings. Before we can claim to understand the world, we must first understand the reality of our own consciousness. From a Socratic point of view, the world is reduced exclusively to the human world, everything else being of no consequence. Initially, the search for wisdom is understood in terms of my need to understand precisely who I am. “Jack of all trades, master of none” (Titelman, 1). This idiom is exactly what comes to mind when I think about Socrates' apparent need to pursue himself above all else. Although there are many other things that seem more important, more crucial than paying the utmost attention to ourselves, the reality of life is that we cannot function, we cannot give the our best selves until we look within and discover exactly who we are. Even “the world, with all its elements and its stars, fades away to leave the self, the human soul, the only prominent place worthy of consideration in the adventure of philosophy” (Navia, 39). I believe the self is so important because we must identify our "calling", the primary reason we are on earth, before we even think about affecting our environment, our peers, etc. I completely agree with Socrates when he “insists that instead of looking outwards, that is, towards the world, we must turn our gaze inwards , that is to say towards the being that we are, each of us in our own individuality” (Navia, 39). We can't all be involved in everything at the same time. We must first identify who we are, what interests us, and then find our place in this big lonely world. Then, and only then, can we achieve a meaningful goal. Navia also notes in her 'Adventure...... middle of paper ...... an olescent psychiatry. Practice of child psychology and child psychiatry. - 49.2000, 7, pp. 489-496. Print. (2000) Paul Gérard Horrigan. An introduction to the philosophy of man. Philosophical anthropology. 2008. Internet. Retrieved from http://www.phorrigan.fcpages.com/philoanthropology.htmPiotr Próchniak, Thrill Seekers and Adventure: Affective Organization of the Personal Meaning of Extreme Weather. American Journal of Applied Psychology. Flight. 2, no. 6, 2013, p. 75-79. doi: 10.11648/j.ajap.20130206.12. Print.Spirit. “Word of Wednesday – Spirit” 2013. Web. Retrieved from http://www.whatgoddoes.com/?p=779Voiceable. (nd). - 30 Twitter cover photos of adorable animals. Internet. Retrieved from http://www.voiceable.org/adorable-animals-twitter-cover-photos.htmlYelp.Inc. Talk about San Francisco. 2004. Internet. Retrieved from http://www.yelp.com/topic/san-francisco-do-you-arm-yourself-at-night