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Quotation from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
“A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself”
The Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus Junior to the Reader (Project Gutenberg #10800 (modernized text checked against 1638))
Burton defends writing after so many authorities in physic and philosophy, using the old image later made famous by Newton.
Citation: "A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself" — Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus Junior to the Reader (Project Gutenberg #10800 (modernized text checked against 1638)). (id the-anatomy-of-melancholy-q4)
Portrait: Robert Burton by Gilbert Jackson, Gilbert Jackson, Public domain.
