eidōla (English spelling)

Japanese: eidōla(英語表記)eidola
eidōla (English spelling)

…He inherited the theory of Democritus and took the position of atomism. The things in nature are composites made up of atoms, and the surface of the composites is constantly exuding eidōla. It is like a film made up of many atoms, and sensations are formed when it stimulates the soul, which is also made up of atoms, inside the sensory organs. …

From Hell


[Representative views of hell around the world]
In ancient Greece, the idea of ​​hell developed in about three stages. The oldest stage was the idea of ​​the underworld being in the tomb, where it was imagined that small winged dead people called eidōla and giant snakes lived. The next stage was the "land of the dead" seen in the Homeric epics.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "eidōla" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…彼はデモクリトスの説を継承して原子論の立場に立った。自然界の事物は原子から構成されている合成物であるが,合成物の表面からは絶えず〈エイドラeidōla〉が流出している。それは多くの原子からなるいわばフィルムのようなものであるが,それが感覚器官の内にあって同じく原子からなる魂を刺激することによって感覚が成立する。…

【地獄】より


【世界の代表的地獄観】
 古代ギリシアでは地獄の観念は3段階ほどの発展をみせた。一番古い段階のものは墓の中を冥界とする観念で,そこにはエイドラeidōlaとよばれる小さな翼をつけた死者と大蛇が住んでいると想像された。その次の段階を示すものがホメロスの叙事詩の中にみられる〈死者の国〉である。…

※「eidōla」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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