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.
Shabuhragan
Mani's mid-3rd-c. Middle Persian summary of his teaching dedicated to Shapur I — only Manichaean scripture in Persian
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Shabuhragan (Mature) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Finite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | 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 | Total |
| 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 | 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
Shabuhragan
The three Manichaean times — primordial, mingled, final restoration.
Space
Shabuhragan
The cosmological setting of Light and Darkness, kingdoms in their proper places.
Matter
Shabuhragan
The mingled material world as battleground between Light and Darkness.
Observer
Shabuhragan
The Manichaean Elect as proper participant in the work of Light-separation.
Energy
Shabuhragan
The cosmic-spiritual energies whose proper separation the system describes.
Information
Shabuhragan
The revealed-doctrinal content of Mani's teaching as dedicated to Shapur.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Manichaean dualism has been variously assessed across history — universally condemned in late-antique Christianity (Augustine's Contra Faustum, etc.) and orthodox Zoroastrianism alike; the system itself fell extinct by the late medieval period.