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Possibly a later myth; the saying predates Newton - also the perceived slight was actually against Hooke's supposed curved spine rather than his height I think.
by mellosouls 1y ago
Possibly a later myth; the saying predates Newton - also the perceived slight was actually against Hooke's supposed curved spine rather than his height I think.
- hermitcrab 1y ago>Possibly a later myth It is apparently in one of his letters - to Hooke.
- mellosouls 1y agoNot him saying it; its possibly a myth that it was intended as a slight.
- troymc 1y agoHere's a quote that predates Newton by some centuries: "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." -- John of Salisbury, The Metalogicon (1159) https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191826719.001.0001/q-oro-ed4-00000952 https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/978019...