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 Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg)
Mann's 1924 foundational Bildungsroman — Hans Castorp's seven years at the Berghof sanatorium
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg) (Late) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-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 | Partial |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Both |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | None |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Experience |
| 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 | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg)
The suspended sanatorium time of seven years.
Space
The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg)
The Berghof sanatorium in the Swiss Alps.
Matter
The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg)
The embodied tubercular Hans Castorp.
Observer
The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg)
Hans Castorp's philosophical-formative education.
Energy
The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg)
Energies of philosophical-cultural formation.
Information
The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg)
Foundational German modernist Bildungsroman framework.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
The Magic Mountain culminates pre-WWI German culture and anticipates the cataclysm.