a dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants

A person whose insights, discoveries, or knowledge in general is not due to ingenuity on his or her own part, but rather due to the discoveries or previous work of great minds that have come before. Though this is indeed an exciting discovery toward curing cancer, I am but a dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants.

See also: giant, of, on, shoulder, standing

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Maurus	-	Late Roman
Iachin	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Yaron	-	Hebrew
Toinette	-	French
Enoch	EE-nək (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Caroline	ka-ro-LEEN (French), KER-ə-lien (English), KER-ə-lin (English), KAR-ə-lien (English), KAR-ə-lin (English)	French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch