Seekers of order

The Pythagoreans

Number and harmony.They saw number as the hidden order of the world, and harmony as its music.
A hidden proportion.The almond between two circles is taller than it is wide by the square root of three, a number that never ends.
Opposites held together.In time the shape came to mean two things held in one whole.
A seed for later ages.Their love of measure passed into Greek, Roman and Christian thought.

The old philosophers saw the order. Scripture names its Author.