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.
De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things)
Lucretius's 1st-c. BCE foundational Latin poem expounding Epicurean atomist philosophy
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things) (Mid) |
|---|---|
| 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 | None |
| 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
De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things)
The mortal-temporal time of finite life.
Space
De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things)
The infinite void in which atoms move.
Matter
De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things)
Atoms and void — the foundational materialism.
Observer
De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things)
The mortal Epicurean observer.
Energy
De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things)
Energies of atomic motion and swerve (clinamen).
Information
De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things)
Six-book systematic Epicurean cosmology.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Lucretius's rediscovery in 1417 catalyzed Renaissance humanism and the eventual scientific revolution.