~ THEISM  gr THEOS = GOD      also see> THEOGONY
             BELIEF IN THE EXISTENCE OF GOD or GODS
          note PANTHEISM  POLYTHEISM
          also EFFECTS FROM EXCESSIVE
               TEA CONSUMPTION
~ THELIOLOGY   BELIEF THAT NATURE or THE NATURAL ORDER
               HAS A PURPOSE   or THE PURPOSE OF BEING
  in contrast to NATURAL PHILOSOPHY WHICH SEEKS TO
  UNDERSTAND THE REASON or CAUSES OF BEING
  hx> ANAXAGORAS [#] EXAMINED THELIOLOGIC QUESTIONS
      THE TERM "NOUS" WAS USED TO DENOTE
  THE IDEA OF "THE END OF THINGS" or
  ALL THINGS EVOLVE TOWARD "AN END"
  THELIOLOGY AS SUCH IS A RELATIVELY NEW TERM or WORD
  S AUGUSTIN USED THELEOLOGIC ARGUMENTS
  TO PROVE THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
  sug> THEOLOGY THEOSOPHY            sug> LOGIC LOGOS