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.
Book of Psalms (traditionally attributed)
"The LORD is my shepherd" — the full range of human religious experience in verse: praise, anguish, trust, rage, penitence, and ecstasy
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Book of Psalms (traditionally attributed) |
|---|---|
| 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 | Non-conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | not engaged |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Immediate |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| 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
Book of Psalms (traditionally attributed)
God is eternal ("from everlasting to everlasting"); human time is finite, linear, fleeting ("his days are like grass").
Space
Book of Psalms (traditionally attributed)
Created and finite; God transcends it ("where can I flee from your presence?"); Jerusalem/Zion as sacred centre.
Matter
Book of Psalms (traditionally attributed)
Created and dependent on God; non-conserved ("he remembers that we are dust"); renewed or destroyed at divine will.
Observer
Book of Psalms (traditionally attributed)
The psalmist as embodied, praying, emotionally transparent observer; immediate personal knowledge of God; plural (individual and communal).
Energy
Book of Psalms (traditionally attributed)
Unlimited divine power: "Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit." (Psalm 147:5)
Information
Book of Psalms (traditionally attributed)
Sacred liturgical texts conserved for communal worship; God knows every person ("you knit me together in my mother's womb").
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Faith in God's justice versus the reality of innocent suffering (theodicy). David as anointed king versus confessed sinner ("I know my transgressions"). Emotional honesty (rage, doubt, abandonment) coexists with doctrinal affirmation.