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.
The Kephalaia
The systematic catechetical statement of Manichaean cosmology, anthropology, and ethics
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | The Kephalaia |
|---|---|
| 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 | Finite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Immediate |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Both |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Revelation |
| Observer · Theological Method | Confessional |
| Energy · Extent | Finite |
| 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
The Kephalaia
Linear-eschatological time bracketed by the eternal kingdoms.
Space
The Kephalaia
The cosmos as the battlefield where Light is imprisoned in Darkness.
Matter
The Kephalaia
Mixed substantival matter — particles of Light trapped in dark substance.
Observer
The Kephalaia
Plural souls (sparks of Light). Personal metaphysical agency: the Father of Greatness.
Energy
The Kephalaia
Light-energy conserved; the goal is its complete liberation.
Information
The Kephalaia
Personal-soul Light-particles conserved across deaths and reincarnations.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
The Kephalaia survives in fragments — much of the Medinet Madi library was damaged in storage during World War II, and the Berlin collection was further damaged in 1945. Modern Manichaean studies depend on careful reconstruction across the Medinet Madi finds, the Turfan finds (Sogdian and Uighur), and the patristic anti-Manichaean polemics (especially Augustine).