(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.
They say that Lockeâs political philosophy is not based on natural law at all, but instead on natural rights, like the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. This is probably the greatest controversy in Locke interpretation today. Natural law theories hold that human beings are subject to a moral law.