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.
Fīhi mā Fīhi (Discourses)
Rumi's 13th-c. 71 prose discourses transcribed by disciples — practical Sufi instruction in everyday speech
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Fīhi mā Fīhi (Discourses) (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 | Total |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Experience |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Reversible |
| 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
Fīhi mā Fīhi (Discourses)
The 1262-73 last decade of Rumi's life.
Space
Fīhi mā Fīhi (Discourses)
Konya and the Mevlevi teaching-circle.
Matter
Fīhi mā Fīhi (Discourses)
The embodied seekers whose questions provoked the discourses.
Observer
Fīhi mā Fīhi (Discourses)
Rumi as teacher-master; the disciple-transcribers as participant-observers.
Energy
Fīhi mā Fīhi (Discourses)
The pedagogical-mystical energies of the teaching encounters.
Information
Fīhi mā Fīhi (Discourses)
The 71 prose discourses as transcribed content.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
The transcribed-oral nature of the discourses raises questions of fidelity; the Persian text is widely regarded as substantially authentic.