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.
Book of Ezekiel
The glory departs and the glory returns — exile, resurrection, and the new temple in visionary geometry
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Book of Ezekiel |
|---|---|
| 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 | Finite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Space · Curvature | not engaged |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | not engaged |
| Matter · Extent | Finite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Non-conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | not engaged |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Mediated |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Revelation |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Reversible |
| 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
Book of Ezekiel
Linear and eschatological; precisely dated oracles (by year, month, day) situate prophecy in historical time.
Space
Book of Ezekiel
Substantival, three-dimensional, measured to the cubit in the temple vision (chapters 40-48). The glory of the LORD occupies physical space.
Matter
Book of Ezekiel
Non-conserved: God reduces Israel to dry bones and reconstitutes it by his Spirit (37:1-14).
Observer
Book of Ezekiel
The visionary prophet who sees the merkavah, eats the scroll (3:1-3), and performs dramatic symbolic actions. God is personal and sovereign.
Energy
Book of Ezekiel
Fire, wind, the Spirit (ruach) that revivifies the dead — divine energy is infinite and reversible.
Information
Book of Ezekiel
The prophet eats the divine scroll (3:1-3) — prophetic information is consumed and embodied. The scattered people will be regathered, identity restored.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Priestly precision (temple measurements, sacrificial regulations) vs. prophetic inwardness ("a new heart and a new spirit," 36:26). The merkavah vision pushes language to its limits: "the likeness of the appearance of the glory of the LORD" (1:28) — three layers of approximation.