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.
Asrar-i Khudi (Secrets of the Self)
Iqbal's 1915 Persian masnavi — philosophy of the dynamic-active self against passive-quietist Sufi tradition
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Asrar-i Khudi (Secrets of the Self) (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 | Total |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Singular |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Revelation |
| 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
Asrar-i Khudi (Secrets of the Self)
The 1915 First-World-War moment of Iqbal's mature philosophical-poetic emergence.
Space
Asrar-i Khudi (Secrets of the Self)
The Lahore-Persian-poetic setting; the broader South Asian Muslim philosophical-poetic conversation.
Matter
Asrar-i Khudi (Secrets of the Self)
The embodied developed-individual self as proper-philosophical-poetic subject.
Observer
Asrar-i Khudi (Secrets of the Self)
The proper-philosophical-religious reader as participant-observer of khudi.
Energy
Asrar-i Khudi (Secrets of the Self)
The dynamic-active spiritual-philosophical energies the poem articulates.
Information
Asrar-i Khudi (Secrets of the Self)
The Persian-poetic-philosophical content.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Asrar-i Khudi has been universally cited as foundational Iqbal text; its anti-Sufi-quietist position generated substantial controversy at the time of publication.