Associations to the word «Eidos»

Wiktionary

EIDOS, noun. (philosophy) form; essence; type; species

Dictionary definition

EIDOS, noun. (anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King