6 March 2018

eidolon

[ahy-doh-luh n]

noun, plural eidola [ahy-doh-luh], eidolons.

1. a phantom; apparition.
2. an ideal.

Origin of eidolon

1820-1830 First recorded in 1820-30; See origin at idol

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Examples from the Web for eidolon

Historical Examples

Accounts say that it was her double, or eidolon, which figured at Troy.
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 65, No. 400, February, 1849
Various

Alas, yes, the eidolon of him was,—in Weber’s and other such brains.
The French Revolution
Thomas Carlyle

For the time his thought was quit of its consequence; no eidolon outwardly repeated his inward vision.
Between The Dark And The Daylight
William Dean Howells

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Today’s quote

I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all.

– Simone Biles

On this day

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6 March 1899 – aspirin is patented in Germany by Friedrich Bayer and Co. It is the brand name for acetylsalicylic acid, which included an extract from the bark of the willow tree.

6 March 1984 – death of Martin Niemöller, German pastor. Niemöller originally supported Adolf Hitler, however, he soon realised he’d made a mistake. He blamed Hitler’s rise to power and the ensuing war and genocide, on the support and acceptance of his policies from churches and ordinary citizens, as well as the lack of speaking up against injustice. Niemöller is most well known for his statement, ‘First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me – and there was no one left to speak for me’. Born 14 January 1892.

6 March 2012 – A three-year old McNuggett shaped like George Washington is sold on eBay for $8,100 by a woman in Nebraska.