Krudler@lemmy.worldBanned from community to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoHow many angels can dance on the head of a pin?message-squaremessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down127file-text
arrow-up132arrow-down1message-squareHow many angels can dance on the head of a pin?Krudler@lemmy.worldBanned from community to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square61linkfedilinkfile-text
The moderator told me questions like this aren’t stupid and they’re the point of this community. I want an answer.
minus-squaresteeznson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 hours agoThis was actually a Victorian parody question they invented to make fun of medieval philosophers. Nowadays we think Thomas Aquinas, etc. were making quite sophisticated points, albeit within the boundaries of the religious society of the time.
This was actually a Victorian parody question they invented to make fun of medieval philosophers. Nowadays we think Thomas Aquinas, etc. were making quite sophisticated points, albeit within the boundaries of the religious society of the time.