Πλάτων: Η γνώση του ονόματος ενός πράγματος /Plato: The knowledge of the name of a thing

Κρατύλος:
Διδάσκειν ἔμοιγε δοκεῖ, ὦ Σώκρατες, καὶ τοῦτο πάνυ ἁπλοῦν εἶναι,
ὃς ἂν τὰ ὀνόματα ἐπίστηται, ἐπίστασθαι καὶ τὰ πράγματα.

Cratylus:
I think, Socrates, their function is to instruct, and this is the simple truth,
that he who knows the names knows also the things named.

–Πλάτων, Κρατύλος / Plato, Cratylus 435e.