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Work #1130 · Mature

Treasure of Life

Mani
mid-3rd century CE · Aramaic / Syriac
Scriptural treatise · Manichaeism

Mani's Treasure of Life — second of the seven canonical Manichaean books

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Attribute Treasure of Life (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

Treasure of Life

The three Manichaean times — primordial, mingled, final.

Space

Treasure of Life

The detailed Manichaean cosmology of heavens, wheels, constellations.

Matter

Treasure of Life

The world built out of demons' bodies; the trapped Light particles.

Observer

Treasure of Life

The Manichaean cosmologist-initiate as proper subject.

Energy

Treasure of Life

The cosmic-spiritual energies of Light-Darkness drama.

Information

Treasure of Life

The systematic cosmogonic doctrine.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Treasure of Life

The Treasure of Life survives only through hostile witnesses (Augustine) and fragmentary citations; reconstruction is necessarily partial.