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.
Maktūbāt (Letters)
Rumi's 13th-c. 147 letters — pastoral and political correspondence of the Mevlevi master
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Maktūbāt (Letters) (Mature) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Finite |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Discrete |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Maktūbāt (Letters)
The mid-13th-c. Mongol-period Anatolian moment.
Space
Maktūbāt (Letters)
Konya and the Seljuk-Anatolian political world.
Matter
Maktūbāt (Letters)
The embodied addressees — disciples, family, officials — of the correspondence.
Observer
Maktūbāt (Letters)
Rumi as pastoral-political correspondent.
Energy
Maktūbāt (Letters)
The pastoral-political energies of Rumi's public work.
Information
Maktūbāt (Letters)
The 147 letters as documentary content.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
The Maktūbāt has been less prominent in modern Rumi reception than the Mathnawi and Dīvān, but is a major source for the historical-pastoral context of his teaching.