...results. This is the meaning of the famous apothegm of Newton, when he said, "If I have seen further than other men, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants". / Am a Mathematician (p. 266) Wittgenstein, Ludwig The mathematician is an inventor, not a discoverer....

...and makes new ones possible. This is what Isaac Newton meant when he said, "If I have seen further than other men it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants." The structure of discovery is a very complex and tightly woven tapestry of ideas, observations, techniques,...

...that Isaac Xewton invoked with respect to his own personal vision. Thus. instead of Newton's words. "If I have seen farther than other men. it is because I has e stood on the shoulders of giants." we can say. "If our generation has seen further than previous...

...naturalism — the ultimaey of nature. 5.1 ENLIGHTENED MINDS 5.1.1 NEWTON, SUPER-GENIUS OF SCIENCE If I have seen farther [than other men], it is because I have stood on the shoulders of others. I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a...

...and immutable laws and the imperfect and changing Earth, nor a need for divine movers. Newton wrote, "If I have seen farther than other men, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants," acknowledging the work of his predecessors. He died in 1727 and was laid to rest in Westminster Abbey....

...to present a becomingly modest appearance. When praised about his towering achievements, he replied, "If I have seen farther than other men, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants." He also wrote: I do not know what I may appear to the world; but...

...these traits on creative success once people get past a relatively minor threshold. Isaac Newton once said, "If I have seen farther than other men, it is...because I have stood on the shoulders of giants."" The same argument holds for organizations. Beyond relatively standard distinctions in size or bureaucratic...

...they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work. — HARRY S. TRUMAN If I have seen farther than other men, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants. — ISAAC NEWTON Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned. — PETER MARSHALL It is the...

...well-known letter that Newton wrote directly to Hooke, he famously said, "If I have seen further[sic] than other men, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants" — where, of course, the giants Newton was alluding to were Kepler and Galileo, and not the dwarfish,...

...plagiarism. The statement, traditionally attributed to Isaac Newton, that: "if I have seen further than other men, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants" (Horn, 1998), is relevant in trying to define which knowledge is "common knowledge," and which is "plagiarized...