>> By name perhaps, the same ideas will always live on under a different name. No they don’t. My point was we don’t actually know what the minoans believed. If

>> By name perhaps, the same ideas will always live on under a different name. No they don’t. My point was we don’t actually know what the minoans believed. If it’s not written down it’s doomed. >> The practices have lived on under a different name They haven’t. That was the whole point. We don’t really know what practices they followed. >> from cover to cover Why does a written work have to be read from cover to cover in order to convey an idea? If essential use was made of the written work even in part, your assertion that written works are not important is nullified.