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.
MATERIALISTS
Noun
materialists
plural of materialist
Source: Wiktionary
MATERIALIST
Ma*te"ri*al*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. matérialiste.]
1. One who denies the existence of spiritual substances or agents, and maintains that spiritual phenomena, so called, are the result of some peculiar organization of matter.
2. One who holds to the existence of matter, as distinguished from the idealist, who denies it. Berkeley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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