Word of the Day: HOMUNCULUS

Magical miniature person

homunculus (noun) - a miniature human or creature, often believed to be created through alchemical or magical means; a neurological brain map of bodily functions [hoh-muhng-kyuh-luhs]

BREAKDOWN: HOMIN- (human) + -CULUS (small)

"The self that does not survive scrutiny is the subject of experience in each present moment — the sense of being an owner or inhabitant of a physical body, which this false self seems to appropriate as a kind of vehicle. Even if you don’t believe such a homunculus exists... you almost certainly feel like an internal self in almost every waking moment. And yet, however one looks for it, this self is nowhere to be found." ―Sam Harris

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