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Categories: Metaphors referring to body parts, Isaac Newton, Latin proverbs, Tradition, 12th-century neologisms

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The phrase "standing on the shoulders of giants" is a metaphor which means "using the understanding gained by major thinkers who have gone before in order to make intellectual progress". Wikipedia

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The phrase "standing on the shoulders of giants" is a metaphor which means "using the understanding gained by major thinkers who have gone before in order to make intellectual progress". Wikipedia

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