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.
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Jefferson's 1786 statute disestablishing religion in Virginia — foundational text of religious-liberty law
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (Early) |
|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | Reason |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Irreversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Discrete |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
The 1777-86 Virginia legislative-political moment.
Space
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Virginia and the broader American constitutional setting.
Matter
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
The embodied political community whose religious liberty the Statute protects.
Observer
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
The Virginia General Assembly as collective political subject.
Energy
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
The political-religious energies of disestablishment.
Information
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
The legal-statutory content of the Statute itself.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
The Statute's "strict separation" reading has been variously assessed — defenders see foundational liberty, "accommodationist" critics argue the Statute is consistent with greater religion-state cooperation than strict-separationists allow.