In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
ANANKE
Etymology
Noun
ananke (uncountable)
Necessity beyond all supplications or sway. Conceived as the ultimate dictator of all fate and circumstances, to which even the gods must ultimately pay homage and deference.
Etymology
Proper noun
Ananke
(Greek mythology) A Greek goddess, personification of destiny, necessity and fate, depicted as holding a spindle.
(astronomy) A moon of Jupiter.
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THEORETICAL
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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