Associations to the word «Eidolon»

Wiktionary

EIDOLON, noun. An image or representation of an idea; a representation of an ideal form; an apparition of some actual or imaginary entity, or of some aspect of reality.
EIDOLON, noun. A phantom, a ghost or elusive entity.
EIDÔLON, noun. Alternative spelling of eidolon

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky