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.
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
The four kinds of sufficient reason — Schopenhauer's 1813 doctoral dissertation, methodological foundation for World as Will
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason (Early) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | 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 | None |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Reason |
| 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 | Non-conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
Four kinds of reasons include temporal-causal among irreducible forms.
Space
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
Kantian transcendental space underlies the analysis.
Matter
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
Material objects as one of the four object types.
Observer
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
Kantian transcendental subject — plural, embodied, active.
Energy
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
Intellectual energies of analysis.
Information
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
Systematic philosophical analysis preserved.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
The Fourfold Root is the methodological prelude to World as Will and Representation. The 1847 second edition reflects Schopenhauer's mature framework.