 | William J. Shoup - 1891 - 332 pages
...essence of which lay in subtle quibbles, and in the artful fence of logic. Such profound questions as how many angels could stand on the point of a needle, whether a spirit could pass from one point to another without passing through the intermediate space,... | |
 | Edward Wheeler Scripture - 1895 - 324 pages
...natives could be bored." Just as the schoolmen of long ago were busy in speculating on such questions as, ' ' How many angels could stand on the point of a needle ?' ' so men still write volumes about the Me, the Unity of Consciousness, the Consciousness of Identity,... | |
 | Herbert Morse - 1915 - 320 pages
...understanding. sorts of subtle and unfruitful speculations on fantastic theological conundrums, such as how many angels could stand on the point of a needle ; which were founded on false premises, and consequently led nowhere. People were weary of speculating... | |
 | Herbert Morse - 1915 - 320 pages
...understanding. sorts of subtle and unfruitful speculations on fantastic theological conundrums, such as how many angels could stand on the point of a needle ; which were founded on false premises, and consequently led nowhere. People were weary of speculating... | |
 | Clarence Stratton - 1920 - 364 pages
...audiences and for that reason should not be presented. In the Middle Ages scholars discussed such matters as how many angels could stand on the point of a needle, but today no one cares about such things. Propositions of Fact. Propositions fall into the two classes... | |
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It is said, you remember, that mediaeval philosophers debated such vital questions as how many angels could stand on the point of a needle. 