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Why was the question how many angels can dance on the head of the pin important in Descartes' time and how does he attempt to answer this question?
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The question about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin was important because it explored the nature of infinity and whether or not the divine was subject to the finite rules humans were. Descartes answered the question in a typical skeptical manner with "it depends". He states that it might be infinite because angels don't occupy space or none because angels have no physical body and cannot dance.
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