Full Idea
There is nothing which is not subsumable under number; number is therefore a fundamental metaphysical form, and arithmetic a sort of statics of the universe, in which the powers of things are revealed.
Gist of Idea
Everything is subsumed under number, which is a metaphysical statics of the universe, revealing powers
Source
Gottfried Leibniz (Towards a Universal Characteristic [1677], p.17)
Book Reference
Leibniz,Gottfried: 'Leibniz Selections', ed/tr. Wiener,Philip P. [Scribners 1951], p.17
A Reaction
I take numbers to be a highly generalised and idealised description of an aspect of reality (seen as mainly constituted by countable substances). Seeing reality as processes doesn't lead us to number. So I like this idea.