angels dancing on the head of a pin

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von angels dancing on the head of a pin im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Arcane intellectual speculation

The issues Dr. Wolfensberger wrestles with and writes about are not intellectual discussions of angels dancing on the head of a pin.

Silbentrennung

angels dan·cing on the head of a pin

Türkische aussprache

eyncılz dänsîng ôn dhi hed ıv ı pîn

Aussprache

/ˈānʤəlz ˈdansəɴɢ ˈôn ᴛʜē ˈhed əv ə ˈpən/ /ˈeɪnʤəlz ˈdænsɪŋ ˈɔːn ðiː ˈhɛd əv ə ˈpɪn/

Etymologie

() By allusion to “How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?” — a mediaeval theological question associated with the Scholastic school of thought. It concerned the obscure theory that since angels are not spatial beings, then an infinite number thereof could occupy a single point in space simultaneously.