Standing on the shoulders of giants
The metaphor of dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants (Latin: nanos gigantum humeris insidentes) expresses the meaning of "discovering truth by building on previous discoveries". This concept has been traced to the 12th century, attributed to Bernard of Chartres. Its most familiar expression in English is by Isaac Newton in 1676: "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
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Standing on the shoulders of giants
The metaphor of dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants (Latin: nanos gigantum humeris insidentes) expresses the meaning of "discovering truth by building on previous discoveries". This concept has been traced to the 12th century, attributed to Bernard of Chartres. Its most familiar expression in English is by Isaac Newton in 1676: "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
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Das Gleichnis von den Zwergen ...... e Zwerge die Riesen überragen.
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Des nains sur des épaules de g ...... Isaac Newton ou Blaise Pascal.
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The metaphor of dwarfs standin ...... g on the shoulders of giants."
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「巨人の肩の上にのる矮人」（きょじんのかたのうえにのるわいじ ...... 12世紀のフランスの哲学者、シャルトルのベルナールとされる。
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Das Gleichnis von den Zwergen ...... e Zwerge die Riesen überragen.
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Des nains sur des épaules de g ...... Isaac Newton ou Blaise Pascal.
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The metaphor of dwarfs standin ...... g on the shoulders of giants."
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「巨人の肩の上にのる矮人」（きょじんのかたのうえにのるわいじ ...... 12世紀のフランスの哲学者、シャルトルのベルナールとされる。
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Des nains sur des épaules de géants
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Standing on the shoulders of giants
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Zwerge auf den Schultern von Riesen
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巨人の肩の上
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