Bernard of Chartres
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Standing on the shoulders of giants
Standing on the shoulders of giants is a metaphor that means “Using the understanding gained by major thinkers who have gone before in order to make intellectual progress.” It is a metaphor of dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants…
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