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.
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum (The Mind's Road to God)
Bonaventure's 1259 foundational Franciscan mystical-philosophical synthesis — six-stage ascent of the soul to God
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Itinerarium Mentis in Deum (The Mind's Road to God) (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 | Both |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Tradition |
| 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
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum (The Mind's Road to God)
The temporal-mystical time of the six-stage ascent.
Space
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum (The Mind's Road to God)
The hierarchical cosmos as vestigia of God.
Matter
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum (The Mind's Road to God)
Matter as bearing divine traces.
Observer
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum (The Mind's Road to God)
The ascending mystic-philosopher.
Energy
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum (The Mind's Road to God)
Energies of mystical ascent.
Information
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum (The Mind's Road to God)
Six-stage mystical-ascent framework.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Bonaventure's Augustinian-mystical Franciscanism in continuing dialogue with Thomistic Dominican rationalism.