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.
The Passions of the Soul (Les Passions de l'âme)
Descartes's 1649 foundational treatise on the mind-body union and the six primitive passions
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | The Passions of the Soul (Les Passions de l'âme) (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 | 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
The Passions of the Soul (Les Passions de l'âme)
The temporal-passional time of the embodied mind.
Space
The Passions of the Soul (Les Passions de l'âme)
The interaction-space of mind and body.
Matter
The Passions of the Soul (Les Passions de l'âme)
The embodied person; mechanism of body.
Observer
The Passions of the Soul (Les Passions de l'âme)
The conscious-rational Cartesian self.
Energy
The Passions of the Soul (Les Passions de l'âme)
Energies of the six primitive passions.
Information
The Passions of the Soul (Les Passions de l'âme)
Cartesian psychology-ethics framework.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Cartesian mind-body interaction problem catalyzed Malebranche's occasionalism, Spinoza's parallelism, Leibniz's harmony.