Reply to Doug

JKSCHW at aol.com JKSCHW at aol.com
Fri May 12 07:24:08 PDT 2000


The expression is older than Newton. Robert K. Merton has a whole book on its history, "On the Shoulders of Giants." --jks


>Marx said he was a dwarf standing on the shoulder of giants or the
equivalent.

Newton said it first, I think "If we have seen further than others, it is because we were standing on the shoulders of giants".

My personal motto is "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders".

dd

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