“If I have seen farther than other men, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants.”
but up until now i wasn't sure where it came from. well i just happened to come across a post on the Freakonomics blog that runs an ongoing quote search. and someone submitted this quote. here's the background:
“We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance, not by virtue of any sharpness of sight on our part, or any physical distinction, but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size.” Bernard of Chartres(French philosopher), quoted in John of Salisbury, The Metalogicon (1159).
good show Bernard!
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