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 Dark Night (La Noche Oscura)
John of the Cross's c. 1582-85 foundational Spanish mystical text — the "dark night of the soul"
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | The Dark Night (La Noche Oscura) (Late) |
|---|---|
| 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 | Both |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Experience |
| 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 | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
The Dark Night (La Noche Oscura)
The temporal-purgative time of the dark night.
Space
The Dark Night (La Noche Oscura)
The interior space of mystical purgation.
Matter
The Dark Night (La Noche Oscura)
The embodied mystic in aridity and apparent abandonment.
Observer
The Dark Night (La Noche Oscura)
The mystically-purgated soul.
Energy
The Dark Night (La Noche Oscura)
Energies of divine purgation in apparent absence.
Information
The Dark Night (La Noche Oscura)
Foundational mystical-theological framework.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Composed in prison; John's reformist work and mysticism eventually canonized and Doctor of the Church.