Reading now Jan Assmann’s brilliant “Moses the Egyptian” I found Varro quoted (116-27 BC) –

Nihil interesse censens quo nomine nuncupetur, dum eadem res intelligatur

names may be of less interest as long as the “right things” are being meant.
The book was recommended to me by a guide in the new Munich synagogue as an unorthodox view of Moses and the origin of monotheism. Continue reading dum eadem res intelligatur →