STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS
I do not hesitate to express my opinion, regarding such matters by the modicum of intelligence allotted to me.
I was never arrogant claiming:
" My Wisdom served me well ".
Instead, I applied to myself the parable of the philosophers.
For I heard the following from the philosophers:
The wisest of the philosophers was asked: "We admit that our predecessors were wiser than we.
At the same time, we criticize their comments, often rejecting them and claiming that the truth rests with us.
How is this possible?
The wise philosopher responded :
"Who sees further - a dwarf or a giant ?"
Surely, a giant for his eyes is situated at a higher level than those of the dwarf.
But if the dwarf is placed on the shoulders of the giant - who sees further?
So too we are dwarfs astride the shoulders of giants.
We master their wisdom and move beyond it.
Due to their wisdom we grow wise and can say all that we say, but not because we are greater than they.
The phrase also appears in the works of the Jewish Tosaphist Isaiah di Trani (c. 1180 – c. 1250)
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