He declares that there seems to be no justification for regarding the phantasms of dreams as pure hallucinations; most dream-images are probably in fact illusions, since they arise from faint sense-impressions, which never cease during sleep.
[ 'fan-"ta-z&m ] (noun.) 13th century. From Old French fantasme Latin phantasma (“an apparition, specter, Late Latin also appearance, image”) Ancient Greek φάντασμα (“phantasma”) φαντάζω (phantazō, “I make visible”).