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.
On Divine Omnipotence (De Divina Omnipotentia)
Can God undo the past? — the first systematic medieval argument that divine omnipotence exceeds the reach of logic
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | On Divine Omnipotence (De Divina Omnipotentia) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Both |
| 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 | not engaged |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | not engaged |
| Matter · Extent | Finite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | not engaged |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Immediate |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Scripture |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| 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 | not engaged |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
On Divine Omnipotence (De Divina Omnipotentia)
Both — God's eternal now and created temporal sequence. The central thesis is that God's eternity gives him power over the past.
Space
On Divine Omnipotence (De Divina Omnipotentia)
Finite, substantival. Not a topic of sustained analysis; the focus is on time, modality, and divine power.
Matter
On Divine Omnipotence (De Divina Omnipotentia)
Substantival, conserved. The physical world is a given of the created order.
Observer
On Divine Omnipotence (De Divina Omnipotentia)
Embodied, active, directed toward God. Knowledge of God comes through scripture and faith, not dialectic.
Energy
On Divine Omnipotence (De Divina Omnipotentia)
Finite, substantival, conserved. No energy concept is developed.
Information
On Divine Omnipotence (De Divina Omnipotentia)
Conserved. Divine knowledge is total and eternal; the soul is immortal.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
The treatise attacks dialectic using dialectical arguments — a performative tension that Damian acknowledges but does not resolve. The claim that God can undo the past threatens the intelligibility of the created order and was qualified by later scholastics who distinguished potentia absoluta from potentia ordinata.