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.
Vom Abgeschiedenheit (On Detachment) / Counsels on Discernment
"The detachment of the spirit" (Abgeschiedenheit) as the central category of Christian mysticism — Eckhart's early German-vernacular spiritual treatise
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Vom Abgeschiedenheit (On Detachment) / Counsels on Discernment (Early) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Non-local |
| Matter · Extent | Finite |
| 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 | Singular |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Experience |
| 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
Vom Abgeschiedenheit (On Detachment) / Counsels on Discernment
The temporal practice of detachment leading to the timeless divine ground.
Space
Vom Abgeschiedenheit (On Detachment) / Counsels on Discernment
The non-local space of the divine ground; the interior space of the detached soul.
Matter
Vom Abgeschiedenheit (On Detachment) / Counsels on Discernment
Embodied human life subject to detachment from created things.
Observer
Vom Abgeschiedenheit (On Detachment) / Counsels on Discernment
The soul finding its ground in the divine ground — embodied, singular. Personal-providential God as framework.
Energy
Vom Abgeschiedenheit (On Detachment) / Counsels on Discernment
The energies of detachment / releasement; the divine energy received in the detached soul.
Information
Vom Abgeschiedenheit (On Detachment) / Counsels on Discernment
The mystical-philosophical tradition preserved through Eckhart's vernacular German articulation.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Eckhart's posthumous 1329 condemnation by Pope John XXII (28 propositions declared heretical or suspect) has been continuously engaged. Modern rehabilitation (Bernard McGinn especially) has substantially recovered Eckhart's philosophical-theological achievement. The cross-tradition reception (Heidegger, Suzuki, comparative mysticism) has made Eckhart a major reference for contemporary engagement.