(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.
1. the theory that chance is involved in evolution and that variation within a species is accidental. 2. the belief that chance rather than mere determinism operates in the cosmos. Cf. uniformitarianism. 1. Philosophy. a doctrine that the universe is governed only by rigid, unexceptionable law.