νῦν δὲ θείων γενέσεων περίοδος περιέχεται ἀριθμῷ τελείῳ, θνητῶν δὲ ᾧ...
“Now, for divine begettings there is a period comprehended by a perfect number."
- Republic VIII, 546b
“To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead.”
— Thomas Paine
"Every diagram, system of numbers, every scheme of harmony, and every law of the movement of the stars ought to appear one to him who studies rightly."
- Plato, Laws
The battle and eventual union of opposites.
Alchemical miscellany (German, Latin): De lapidibus / Pseudo-Albertus Magnus, 16th century
The drawing shows two figures: one with a Sun-head riding a lion (King) and another riding a griffin Moon (Queen). They are engaged in a symbolic struggle or "dialectic" that leads to their eventual union.