Phil in SF quoted The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton
It is wrong, however, to construct a kind of intellectual teleology that starts with the fascist movement and reads backwards, selectively, rounding up every text or statement that seems to be pointing toward it.
— The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton (Page 149)
New word: teleology
Philosophy: the explanation of phenomena in terms of the purpose they serve rather than of the cause by which they arise