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.
TELEOLOGY
teleology
(noun) (philosophy) a doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
teleology (countable and uncountable, plural teleologies)
(philosophy) The study of the purpose or design of natural occurrences.
(by extension) An instance of such a design or purpose, usually in natural phenomena.
The use of a purpose or design rather than the laws of nature to explain an occurrence.
Source: Wiktionary
Te`le*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. teleos, the end or issue + -logy: cf. F. téléologie.]
Definition: The doctrine of the final causes of things; specif. (Biol.),
Definition: the doctrine of design, which assumes that the phenomena of organic life, particularly those of evolution, are explicable only by purposive causes, and that they in no way admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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