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.
Majālis-i Sabʿa (Seven Sermons)
Rumi's 13th-c. seven Friday sermons — formal religious-pastoral instruction transcribed by disciples
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Majālis-i Sabʿa (Seven Sermons) (Mature) |
|---|---|
| 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 | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Tradition |
| 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
Majālis-i Sabʿa (Seven Sermons)
The mid-13th-c. Mongol-period Anatolian Friday-prayer moment.
Space
Majālis-i Sabʿa (Seven Sermons)
Konya's Friday-prayer congregational space.
Matter
Majālis-i Sabʿa (Seven Sermons)
The embodied community of Konya Friday worshippers.
Observer
Majālis-i Sabʿa (Seven Sermons)
Rumi as preaching-master; the congregation as collective audience.
Energy
Majālis-i Sabʿa (Seven Sermons)
The religious-sermonic energies of formal preaching.
Information
Majālis-i Sabʿa (Seven Sermons)
The seven sermons as transcribed content.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
The Majālis-i Sabʿa has been less prominent in modern Rumi reception than the Mathnawi and Dīvān; its more formally-orthodox Sunni framework usefully corrects romanticised images of Rumi as a wholly heterodox figure.