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Work #1278 · Late

Inaugural Address

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
1994 (May 10, 1994) · English
Inaugural address / Presidential speech · African-radical political tradition / South African post-apartheid democracy

Mandela's 1994 presidential inaugural — "Never, never and never again"

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Attribute Inaugural Address (Late)
Time · Extent Finite
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 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 Discrete

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Inaugural Address

The May 1994 inauguration moment.

Space

Inaugural Address

Pretoria.

Matter

Inaugural Address

The embodied Mandela; the South African political community.

Observer

Inaugural Address

Mandela as president-elect.

Energy

Inaugural Address

The political-rhetorical energies.

Information

Inaugural Address

The inaugural content.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Inaugural Address

The 1994 Inaugural Address has remained foundational document of post-apartheid democracy.