white shoulders of giants
The phrase is often attributed to Isaac Newton and, in fact, he said,
"If i have seen further, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants" ("If I have seen further it is because I'm sitting on the shoulders of giants").
But to each his own. A few centuries ago ...
"Bernardus Carnotensis dicebat we esse quasi nanos, Gigantium humeris insidentes, ut possimus et eis plurality remotiora videre, non visus Utique proprii acuminate eminenti aut corporis, sed quia in altum et extollimur magnitudine subvenimur gigantea" ("We are like dwarfs to shoulders of giants. We can see more, and beyond them, not because of any physical distinction ours, but because we are raised by their great height. ")
So please from now, Cite to Bernard of Chartres, not Isaac Newton.
And while we defend what is ours, Ramon y Cajal put it another way, too poetic
"It's given everyone venturing into the jungle plot, by dint of energy, a practicable way, but even the most humble, we can take advantage of the path opened by the genius, and start walking along it, some secret of the unknown. "
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