Quoting Paul Brandon <[email protected]>: > Could be, but humility does not seem to have been one of Newton's virtues ;-) > Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of Gleick handy.
The line also wasn't original to Newton. He was quoting (perhaps ironically) the 12th century philosopher, Bernard of Chartres. Chris Green (currently back at Bishop's U. seeing various Tipsters, among others) > > On Sep 18, 2010, at 10:44 AM, Allen Esterson wrote: > > > > Paul Brandon wrote: > >> When Newton made the remark about 'standing on the > >> shoulders of giants' it was a sarcastic putdown to a rival > >> (Hooke, maybe -- Gleick gives the details), not a > >> statement to be taken literally. > > > > My recollection of the context of the remark is that the contention > > that it was a sarcastic putdown of Hooke is nothing more than an > > interpretation of Newtons's words -- though as these things go > > nowadays, a contention repeated rapidly becomes a 'fact'. > > > Paul Brandon > Emeritus Professor of Psychology > Minnesota State University, Mankato > [email protected] > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd0da&n=T&l=tips&o=4958 > or send a blank email to > leave-4958-13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4961 or send a blank email to leave-4961-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
