Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
PHILOSOPHIZING
philosophizing
(noun) the exposition (often superficially) of a particular philosophy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
philosophizing
present participle of philosophize
Noun
philosophizing (plural philosophizings)
philosophical thought or discussion
Source: Wiktionary
PHILOSOPHIZE
Phi*los"o*phize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Philosophized; p. pr. & vb. n. Philosophizing.]
Definition: To reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and nature of things; to investigate phenomena, and assign rational causes for their existence. Man philosophizes as he lives. He may philosophize well or ill, but philosophize he must. Sir W. Hamilton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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