"hoger staan op de schouders van reuzen"

Dutch to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general) public business models

"Er is dankbaar gebruikgemaakt van bestaand denkwerk. Het [boek] staat toch wat hoger op de schouders van reuzen als ..."

Wat moet ik bij deze uitdrukking voorstellen? Iets in de trant van "... it borrows heavily from the work of ..."? Ik hoor graag van je.

Groet,
R.

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Robert Kleemaier (asker) Jul 11, 2014: Bedankt allemaal ... voor de toelichting!
Barend van Zadelhoff Jul 11, 2014: Maar simpel gezegd: "door te steunen op het werk van grote denkers geef je je eigen boek toch wat meer inhoud of aanzien" aldus de spreker succes dan
Verginia Ophof Jul 11, 2014: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/268025.html
Barend van Zadelhoff Jul 11, 2014: De manier van spreken staat op de schouders van deze reus van een spreekwoord: "Pigmaei gigantum humeris impositi plusquam ipsi gigantes vident" "Dwergen die staan op de schouders van reuzen, zien verder dan die reuzen"
Barend van Zadelhoff Jul 11, 2014: op iemands schouders staan = stand on someone's shoulders, leaning on someone
Astrid Homan Jul 11, 2014: standing on the shoulders of giants (Latin: nanos gigantum humeris insidentes) expresses the meaning of "discovering truth by building on previous discoveries". While it can be traced to at least the 12th century, attributed to Bernard of Chartres, its most familiar expression in English is found a 1676 letter of Isaac Newton: If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Barend van Zadelhoff Jul 11, 2014: Je vraag was: Wat moet ik bij deze uitdrukking voorstellen?
Barend van Zadelhoff Jul 11, 2014: of door te steunen op/te putten uit het werk van reuzen als ... is het boek toch tot een wat hoger niveau getild
Robert Kleemaier (asker) Jul 10, 2014: Context @ Michael: this is a publication concerning outstanding business models used in public health sectors around the world. This phrase appears in the introduction to the essential components consistent in such business models and the framework for describing them. HTH
Barend van Zadelhoff Jul 10, 2014: parafrase bv.: door gebruik te maken van het werk van reuzen als ... is het boek toch tot een wat hoger niveau getild
Michael Beijer Jul 10, 2014: dwarves & giants Can we have a little more of the surrounding context? See e.g.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_on_the_shoulders_of_gi...

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