Full Idea
You must always mean the same thing when you utter the same name.
Gist of Idea
You must always mean the same thing when you utter the same name
Source
Plato (Parmenides [c.366 BCE], 147d)
Book Reference
Plato: 'Plato IV (Cratylus,Parmenides,Hippias Maj, Min)', ed/tr. Fowler,H.N. [Harvard Loeb 1926], p.269
A Reaction
Hm. Jack the Ripper? Smooth? Etc. Language needs to be fairly stable, but it is crazy to be rigid about that.