“Standing on the shoulders of giants.”
As commonly credited to Isaac Newton
- Credited to
- Isaac Newton
- Actually said by
- Isaac Newton
- Earliest known
- 12th century
Findings
The concept has been dated to the 12th century and, according to John of Salisbury, is attributable to Bernard of Chartres.
Goodreads attributes it to The Correspondence of Isaac Newton: Volume 5, 1709–1713, but upon inspection of a PDF copy of the work, it is not there.