Definition of "eidolon" [ei•do•lon]

• A phantom; an apparition. (noun)
• An image of an ideal. (noun)

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• "Man is essentially an idolater, -- that is, in bondage to his imagination, -- for there is no more harm in the Greek word eidolon than in the Latin word imago."
• "But he was too much what he calls his eidolon in one book, "Monsieur le psychologue," and the Psyche he deals with is too often a skinny and spectacled creature -- not the love of Cupid and the mother of Voluptas. ["
• "You get to totally determine the form of your eidolon, which is neat."