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 Reasonableness of Christianity
Christianity as reasonable belief — Locke's 1695 theological work, the major Enlightenment-rationalist Christian apologetic
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | The Reasonableness of Christianity (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 | 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 | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
The Reasonableness of Christianity
The historical time of Christian revelation; the present time of rational assessment.
Space
The Reasonableness of Christianity
The English Protestant theological space; the broader Enlightenment cultural space.
Matter
The Reasonableness of Christianity
The embodied Christian believer assessing religious claims rationally.
Observer
The Reasonableness of Christianity
The rational Christian as observer-assessor of religious truth.
Energy
The Reasonableness of Christianity
The intellectual energies of theological-rational analysis.
Information
The Reasonableness of Christianity
The biblical revelation rationally interpreted.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Locke's anonymous publication reflected the controversial character of his liberal-rationalist Christianity. The subsequent deist controversy variously claimed and rejected Locke as a source.