Plato, Epinomis 990e

οἱ προστυχεῖς αὐτῇ γεγονότες· ὃ δὲ θεῖόν τʼ ἐστὶν καὶ θαυμαστὸν τοῖς ἐγκαθορῶσί τε καὶ διανοουμένοις ὡς περὶ τὸ διπλάσιον ἀεὶ στρεφομένης τῆς δυνάμεως καὶ τῆς ἐξ ἐναντίας ταύτῃ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἀναλογίαν εἶδος καὶ γένος ἀποτυποῦται

its adepts called stereometry; and a divine and marvellous thing it is to those who envisage it and reflect, how the whole of nature is impressed with species and class according to each analogy, as power and its opposite continually turn