And four mathematical powers controlled these. Between any two numbers might be the Sum, the Difference, the Multiple, and the Divisional. In order to establish any sort of understanding of these relations, they had to first establish that original arrangement. Nothing in reality is perfect anymore. In fact, it really seems it never could have been.
Perfection can really only be unreal, or momentary at best in the real world.
Logic dictates that anything created perfect will only go into decay when left to the ways of the real world. Anyone studying reality will find this to be true. If it be a human being of seemingly perfect beauty - There are only a few moments in the life of that individual when everything is just right. For as they grow to reach that azimuth of perfection, so are they also beginning to fall away from it. The original arrangement of the Ten powers, is no different.