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.
NOUMENAL
Etymology
Adjective
noumenal (not comparable)
(philosophy, especially Kantianism) Of or pertaining to the noumenon or the realm of things as they are in themselves.
Antonym: phenomenal
Source: Wiktionary
Nou"me*nal, a. (Metaph.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the noumenon; real; -- opposed to phenomenal. G. H. Lewes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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