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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.

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Time

Inaugural Address

The May 1994 inauguration moment.

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Space

Inaugural Address

Pretoria.

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Matter

Inaugural Address

The embodied Mandela; the South African political community.

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Observer

Inaugural Address

Mandela as president-elect.

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Energy

Inaugural Address

The political-rhetorical energies.

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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.