One swallow does not make a spring.
μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ.

Philosophers
Aristotle
Ancient Greek philosopher born in 384 BC in Stagira. He studied under Plato for twenty years, then built an empiricist system spanning logic, ethics, politics, and biology, earning the title "father of every science."
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