
The 12th century theologian and author John of Salisbury used a version of the phrase in a treatise on logic called Metalogicon, written in Latin in 1159. If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." You have added much several ways, and especially in taking the colours of thin plates into philosophical consideration. The best-known use of this phrase was by Isaac Newton in a letter to his rival Robert Hooke, in 1676:


What's the origin of the phrase 'Standing on the shoulders of giants'? Using the understanding gained by major thinkers who have gone before in order to make intellectual progress.

