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Work #1046 · Late

De Monarchia

Dante Alighieri
c. 1313-18 (during Dante's exile) · Latin
Political-philosophical treatise in three books · Late medieval political philosophy

Universal monarchy as the proper political form for humanity — and the imperial-papal independence

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Attribute De Monarchia (Late)
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 Monarchia

Historical-political time of empire and papacy; providential time of divine ordination.

Space

De Monarchia

Christian Empire as territorial space.

Matter

De Monarchia

Embodied human creature whose political flourishing is the topic.

Observer

De Monarchia

Dante as exiled political philosopher.

Energy

De Monarchia

Political-historical energies of imperial-papal conflict.

Information

De Monarchia

Systematic argument from human nature and historical experience.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

De Monarchia

Condemnation and Index inclusion attest to its controversial relation to Catholic political teaching. Modern scholarship has substantially recovered its philosophical depth.