Whoooo is really wise?

Is it the one with the highest academic degree? Is it someone with a lot of common sense? What about someone who is 'street smart'? Socrates thinks that the really wise person is the one who realizes his own lack or his own ignorance--that he doesn't know it all. We can certainly see some truth in that statement, and it does seem to be a humble stance, at least on the surface. We have outlined Plato's view of reality and have seen that, for him, real knowledge and truth reside in the supernatural realm of the Forms--the world of Ideas. We have also noted that, according to his theory, everything that exists in the material world is only a cheap imitation of its real form or pattern which is immaterial. So we might infer that if, and I repeat, if there is any wisdom to be found here, it is in the striving for those things which are good for the soul and for the ultimate Good itself. As Christian believers we will differ from the Platonists as to what is the only real ultimate Good for the soul, and we will also differ as to where truth, knowledge and wisdom are to be found. The scripture tells us that "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" (Prov. 1:7). I look forward to sharing in the wisdom that you will discover in your scripture search this week.