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 Mirror of Simple Souls (Le Mirouer des Simples Âmes)
Marguerite Porete's c. 1295 mystical work — for which she was burned for heresy in 1310
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | The Mirror of Simple Souls (Le Mirouer des Simples Âmes) (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 | Cosmic-ordering |
| 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 Mirror of Simple Souls (Le Mirouer des Simples Âmes)
The mystical time of soul-annihilation.
Space
The Mirror of Simple Souls (Le Mirouer des Simples Âmes)
The interior space of mystical annihilation.
Matter
The Mirror of Simple Souls (Le Mirouer des Simples Âmes)
The embodied mystic annihilated into divine Love.
Observer
The Mirror of Simple Souls (Le Mirouer des Simples Âmes)
The annihilated soul united with divine Love.
Energy
The Mirror of Simple Souls (Le Mirouer des Simples Âmes)
Energies of divine Love.
Information
The Mirror of Simple Souls (Le Mirouer des Simples Âmes)
Mystical dialogical-philosophical framework.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Porete's execution in 1310 makes her a major martyr figure; her work secretly transmitted and now recognized as major medieval text.