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Work #1445 · Mid

Living in Truth

Václav Havel
1986 (collected essays from 1970s-80s) · Czech
Essays — collected · Czech dissident philosophy / political ethics

Havel's 1986 dissident essays — "living in truth"

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Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute Living in Truth (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 Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Personal-Conscience
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

Living in Truth

1970s-80s; 1986 collection.

Space

Living in Truth

Communist Czechoslovak-dissident context.

Matter

Living in Truth

Dissident-essay corpus.

Observer

Living in Truth

Mid Havel as dissident.

Energy

Living in Truth

Dissident-prophetic energies.

Information

Living in Truth

Essay collection.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Living in Truth

Living in Truth is defining Havelian dissident statement.