(See the Introduction to the collection for more background information.) DSS texts are identified by a number and letter combination, indicating the cave from which they were recovered: 1Q indicates the text was found in Qumran cave 1; 4Q means found in Qumran cave 4.
Platoâs absolutism dictates that there is one and only one ârightâ course of action, one that is true in every case and exists independent of human opinion or interpretation. (See Platoâs âTheory of Formâ) Information, contemplation, and intellectual training will lead to happiness.
Realism as an Ontological Thesis. Realism as an ontological thesis always concerns things, particular or universal, of a given category (where âthingsâ is construed broadly so as to subsume states of affairs). It contends that there are things of that category, but that things of that category exist mind-independently.