since, again, they saw that the modifications and the ratios of the musical scales were expressible in numbers;-since, then, all other things seemed in their whole nature to be modelled on numbers, and numbers seemed to be the first things in the whole of nature, they supposed the elements of numbers to be the elements of all things, and the whole heaven to be a musical scale and a number.
Horrela, bada, batetik zenbakiak eta harmoniak, bestetik Ortziko 5) afekzioak eta atalak eta ordena osoa hartuz, bi hauen artean aurkitzen zituzten egokitzapen guztiak bildu eta haien sisteman antolatu zituzten.