eidos (ειδος)

(Language: Greek)

Short Description: visible shape, form, a kind of thing, the intelligible Form, or the noetic Idea, of Platonism

Long Description: visible shape, form, a kind of thing, the intelligible Form, or the noetic Idea, of Platonism; the word is etymologically connected with video, and the term idea also comes from the same root as Greek verb idein and the Latin verb videre, both meaning ‘to see’; therefore eidos is closely connected with contemplation (theoria), transcendental or divine imagination, and mystical vision.

Sources: The Golden Chain: An Anthology of Platonic and Pythagorean Philosophy, by Dr. Algis Uždavinys