Proportion and quantity

Meaning

The part-language in Part II: matter and the work · unit 15 gives quantitative structure to a stage of division, reservation and conjunction. It is distinct from the later contrast of light and heavy or soft and hard, which concerns qualities. The author first tells the worker to observe Nature’s operation over time, making numerical handling subordinate to that understanding.

The supplied wording is compressed and its successive references to parts are not self-explanatory. The English follows them closely rather than supplying a newly clarified recipe. This record explains the role of proportional language without reproducing an operational ratio or resolving the uncertain relationships into practical directions. The passage also explicitly introduces another material matter at this stage.