Metaphor of dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants
GPTKB entity
Statements (13)
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
metaphor
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| gptkbp:describes |
intellectual progress
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Metaphor of dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants
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| gptkbp:meaning |
building on the work of great thinkers
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| gptkbp:notableQuotation |
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
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| gptkbp:originatedIn |
gptkb:medieval_Europe
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| gptkbp:popularizedBy |
gptkb:Isaac_Newton
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| gptkbp:recordedAt |
gptkb:Bernard_of_Chartres
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| gptkbp:usedIn |
gptkb:literature
gptkb:philosophy scientific discourse |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Bernhard_von_Chartres
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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