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.
Ars Magna (Ars Generalis Ultima)
A general art by which all questions can be resolved — the first attempt at a universal logical calculus
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Ars Magna (Ars Generalis Ultima) |
|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | Total |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Reason |
| 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 | Discrete |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Ars Magna (Ars Generalis Ultima)
Both eternal (divine attributes) and temporal. The Art's combinatorial truths are timelessly valid.
Space
Ars Magna (Ars Generalis Ultima)
Finite, local, three-dimensional. Conventional medieval cosmology.
Matter
Ars Magna (Ars Generalis Ultima)
Substantival, conserved, local. The four elements participate in the combinatorial scheme.
Observer
Ars Magna (Ars Generalis Ultima)
Active, embodied rational agent who uses the Art as a mechanical logical instrument.
Energy
Ars Magna (Ars Generalis Ultima)
Finite, substantival. No distinctive energy doctrine.
Information
Ars Magna (Ars Generalis Ultima)
Discrete, conserved: knowledge is a finite combinatorial space of fundamental concepts.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
The Ars claims to demonstrate truths of faith by necessary reasons — a claim contested by Thomists and later condemned by some authorities. The mechanical combinatorial method appears to reduce theology to logic, yet Llull claimed mystical inspiration for the system.