Illusions
[ih-loo-zhuh n]
n. this intangible thing that gives comfort and a false or misleading impression of reality that helps a person to feel a sense of refuge or hope.
Disillusions
[disəˈlo͞oZHən]
n. disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be; cause (someone) to realize that a belief or an ideal is false.
How and why do people/groups develop illusions and why are some illusions maintained while others are broken down?
Illusions and Disillusions are commonly found within the arts
Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
- Oscar Wilde
Photography is a kind of virtual reality, and it helps if you can create the illusion of being in an interesting world.
- Steven Pinker
What is an illusion?
An illusion is something that is intangible yet gives comfort or a misleading impression of reality that helps a person to feel a sense of refuge or hope.
What is a disillusion?
A disillusion is something that is a disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be
Here are some quotes to further explain the definition of this:
He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.
- Buddha
Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal.
- Jean-Paul Sartre
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
- Albert Einstein
A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
- Socrates
We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.
- Iris Murdoch
I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake.
- Lewis Black