Simplicius on Physics #13: On Book 7

From p. 84 of the translation by Charles Hagen:

Aristotle "states [sc. in 249b23] that substance is number, either following the Pythagoreans, who claim that numbers are principles of existing things:

Hear, glorious number, father of the blessed ones, father of men,

and:

And all things resemble number,

or because the comings to be and constitutings of absolutely all things are accomplished in accordance with certain definite numbers of elements and parts. This is why none of the human [anthrôpinos] crafts, which imitate universal creation, is able to exist apart from number."

The first line quoted is from the so-called Hymn to Number, also quoted by Asclepius on the metaphysics, and by Simplicius elsewhere. "Father of the blessed ones (=gods)" and humans is a traditional epithet of Zeus, of course.

For the second line, the notes to the Hagen translation cite over ten other citations in ancient texts.