Aristotle on knowledge
All men by nature desire knowledge. Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Metaphysics
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One swallow does not make a summer... an Aristotle's quote
Today I learnt that the famous saying " one swallow does not make a summer " is a quotation of Aristotle (384-322 BCE) and is contained in his work The Nicomachean Ethics. In addition, it is part of a much longer and nicer sentence: One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy. (Roman copy in marble of a Greek bronze bust of Aristotle by Lysippus, c. 330 BCE. The alabaster mantle is modern. From wikipedia )