Work Classification Layer
Compare Works
Pick two or more works to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension passages, and shared school embodiments side by side. Especially useful for author-stage comparisons (Wittgenstein early vs late) and for setting a single tradition's foundational texts against each other.
Fī l-Falsafa al-Ūlā (On First Philosophy)
al-Kindī's 9th-c. foundational text of Arabic-Islamic philosophy — the first Arab philosopher
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Fī l-Falsafa al-Ūlā (On First Philosophy) (Early) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Finite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Finite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Finite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Partial |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Both |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Reason |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Irreversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Fī l-Falsafa al-Ūlā (On First Philosophy)
The created-temporal world (departing from Aristotelian eternity).
Space
Fī l-Falsafa al-Ūlā (On First Philosophy)
The created-finite cosmos.
Matter
Fī l-Falsafa al-Ūlā (On First Philosophy)
Created-finite hylomorphic substance.
Observer
Fī l-Falsafa al-Ūlā (On First Philosophy)
The rational philosophical soul.
Energy
Fī l-Falsafa al-Ūlā (On First Philosophy)
Energies of intellectual ascent to the True One.
Information
Fī l-Falsafa al-Ūlā (On First Philosophy)
Foundational Arabic-philosophical framework.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
al-Kindī's thesis of created-in-time world departing from Aristotelian eternity, anticipating al-Ghazālī.