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place names and people names : each point is approximated by a mirror-like object : each point has a name : the name is a placeholder, a reference to a location in memory : if the content stored in the memory location is no longer associated with the name, then the name is an empty label with no meaning, but if the content in the memory location is still there, the only link back to it is in the name : place names and people names : eco: stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus, yesterday's rose endures in its name, we hold empty names : sounds that are names are evidently empty : goethe: der erlkönig : examine this image as one mirror-like point within the fearful sphere