How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? dancing on a needle's point occurs in an expository work by the English divine, William Sclater (1575-1626). In "An exposition with notes vpon the first Epistle to the Thessalonians" (1619), Sclater claimed that scholastic philosophers occupied themselves with such pointless questions as whether angels "did occupie a place; and so, whether many might be in one place at one time; and how many might sit on a Needles point; and six hundred such like needlesse points." Harrison proposes that the reason an English writer first introduced the "needle’s point" into a critique of medieval angelology is that it makes for
Rule a Wife and Have a Wife soldier of little experience and good, happy disposition. There is also mention of Donna Margaretta, of how good a match she would make for any man, especially for Perez. Two women walk in. Both are veiled and one, Clara, takes Juan aside and asks him to send a letter to a fellow soldier at the front. Her companion, Estefania, stays to entertain Perez. Piquing his curiosity, he begs her to take off her veil. She does not comply. She leaves but tells Perez to let his servant follow her in order that Perez can visit her. Scene II: Sancho and