Associations to the word «Idola»

Wiktionary

IDOLUM, noun. An insubstantial image; a spectre or phantom.
IDOLUM, noun. A mental image or idea.
IDOLUM, noun. A misconception or fallacy.

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