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.
De Casu Diaboli (On the Fall of the Devil)
Anselm's c.1080-86 dialogue — the angelic fall and the will-and-grace problem
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | De Casu Diaboli (On the Fall of the Devil) (Mid) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| 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 | Active |
| 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 | Discrete |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
De Casu Diaboli (On the Fall of the Devil)
The 1080-86 mid-Anselm Bec period.
Space
De Casu Diaboli (On the Fall of the Devil)
The Bec monastery setting.
Matter
De Casu Diaboli (On the Fall of the Devil)
The angelic-beings whose proper-philosophical-theological status the dialogue treats.
Observer
De Casu Diaboli (On the Fall of the Devil)
Anselm and the student as systematic-theological dialogue-interlocutors.
Energy
De Casu Diaboli (On the Fall of the Devil)
The proper-philosophical-theological energies of medieval scholasticism.
Information
De Casu Diaboli (On the Fall of the Devil)
The systematic-philosophical-theological content of the will-and-grace analysis.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
De Casu Diaboli has been variously assessed — defenders see foundational philosophical-theological work, critics within the will-and-grace debate maintain rival positions.