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Mike P.Thanks for amswering my question.
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From: chri...@yorku.ca [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca]
Sent: September 18, 2010 4:55 PM
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On the subject of Newton's "shoulders of giants" sentence, in response
to my writing
> 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,
On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:31:36 -0700, Michael Sylvester wrote:
>Cfris: Is this the St.Bernard who was one of the founders of the
>Trappist monks( the trappists separated from the Benedictines
>and were called The Order of the Strict Observance).I am aware
>of a St.Bernard of Clairvaux.Om the other
Cfris: Is this the St.Bernard who was one of the founders of the Trappist
monks( the trappists separated from the Benedictines and were called The
Order of the Strict Observance).I am aware of a St.Bernard of Clairvaux.Om
the other hand there was some monks in Chartreuse-famous for wines.
Mich
Quoting Paul Brandon :
> 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 Gree
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.
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 sarc
Louis wrote:
>>Allen, I won't bore you with quotes either.
The two situations are hardly comparable: Documentary evidence that
Darwin's motivation was his zeal for science is immediately available
in recent literature and online writings. This is not the case for my
question about Newton.
>Bef
