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 Development of Metaphysics in Persia
Iqbal's 1908 Cambridge dissertation — survey of Persian Islamic philosophy from Zoroaster to the Bahai movement
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | The Development of Metaphysics in Persia (Early) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Finite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Relational |
| 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 | Flat |
| 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 | Immediate |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Partial |
| Observer · Physicality | Both |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Revelation |
| 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 | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
The Development of Metaphysics in Persia
1907-08.
Space
The Development of Metaphysics in Persia
Cambridge / Munich.
Matter
The Development of Metaphysics in Persia
Doctoral-dissertation monograph.
Observer
The Development of Metaphysics in Persia
Early Iqbal.
Energy
The Development of Metaphysics in Persia
Early-scholarly philosophical energies.
Information
The Development of Metaphysics in Persia
Single dissertation volume.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Iqbal's first systematic philosophical work; foundational for the Anglophone reception of Persian Islamic philosophy.