Proportion in all things, not only in number
An aphorism extending proportion to sounds, weights, times and places
A single reflective line, faint on a nearly blank leaf, asserts that proportion is not confined to numbers and measures. Leonardo extends it to sounds, weights, spans of time, positions and any kind of power whatsoever.
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The universal reach of proportion
The note declares that proportion is found not only in numbers and measures but also in sounds, in weights, in intervals of time, in places, and in whatever power may exist. It frames proportion as a principle running through every quantity.