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.
Instructions for King Merikare
Do justice that you may endure upon earth — the oldest political philosophy, grounded in ma'at
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Instructions for King Merikare |
|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | Mediated |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Providential |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Custom |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Finite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Irreversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Implicit |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Instructions for King Merikare
Linear, retrospective: the king reflects on past errors and counsels for the future. Afterlife extends time infinitely.
Space
Instructions for King Merikare
Finite, centred on Egypt: the Nile, the nomes, bounded by enemies.
Matter
Instructions for King Merikare
Real, finite: granaries, fortifications, tombs — the material medium of governance.
Observer
Instructions for King Merikare
Embodied king whose knowledge is mediated by experience and counsel.
Energy
Instructions for King Merikare
Not explicitly theorised; political and military forces described practically.
Information
Instructions for King Merikare
The text itself is intergenerational information transfer; judgement of the dead conserves personal moral information.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Pragmatic ruthlessness ("destroy the great man") vs. compassionate governance ("calm the weeper") — the dual voice of realism and idealism in one ruler.