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.
Speeches and Narratives (1 Samuel 1-16)
"This will be the manner of the king" — the narrative of the prophet who anointed kings while warning Israel that monarchy would cost them their freedom
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Speeches and Narratives (1 Samuel 1-16) |
|---|---|
| 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 | Finite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Space · Curvature | not engaged |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Finite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Non-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 | Revelation |
| 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
Speeches and Narratives (1 Samuel 1-16)
Linear, historical, transitional: Israel moves irreversibly from judges to monarchy. God acts in historical time. The prophetic horizon is open.
Space
Speeches and Narratives (1 Samuel 1-16)
Finite and local: Shiloh, Ramah, Gilgal, Bethlehem — each site of divine action or political decision.
Matter
Speeches and Narratives (1 Samuel 1-16)
Finite and subject to divine power: the horn of oil, the Ark, bread. Non-conserved: God can create and transform material reality.
Observer
Speeches and Narratives (1 Samuel 1-16)
Samuel receives direct divine communication — knowledge is immediate. Active: he acts on what he hears, anointing and deposing.
Energy
Speeches and Narratives (1 Samuel 1-16)
Divine energy is infinite: the Spirit comes upon Saul and departs. Anointing oil symbolises the transfer of divine power.
Information
Speeches and Narratives (1 Samuel 1-16)
Prophetic speech is conserved: Samuel's words come true. The warning about kingship is preserved as political wisdom for all generations.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Theocracy vs. monarchy: God is Israel's king yet permits a human king. Samuel anoints the institution he condemns. His own sons' corruption caused the crisis — the old system failed through the prophet's own family.