Because the occasion demands it, I must repeat what I said at the Reserve Bank’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2010. 4. Those of you who have an interest in the history of science would know that Sir Isaac Newton was known, among other things, also for his intellectual arrogance.
When his friend and rival, Robert Hooke wrote to him, lauding his theory of gravity, Newton, for all his arrogance, wrote back with uncharacteristic humility: “If I have been able to see a little farther than others, it is because I am standing on the shoulders of giants.” 5. That is a statement I can relate to.