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.
The Avesta
Asha (truth-cosmic-order) vs Druj (lie-chaos) — the cosmic moral dualism that founds Western ethical monotheism
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | The Avesta |
|---|---|
| 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 | Finite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Immediate |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Both |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Revelation |
| Observer · Theological Method | Confessional |
| Energy · Extent | Finite |
| 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
The Avesta
Linear-eschatological time bracketed by creation and the final restoration (frashokereti).
Space
The Avesta
Created substantival space.
Matter
The Avesta
Substantival created matter; good creation contaminated by Druj.
Observer
The Avesta
Plural moral agents; personal metaphysical agency (Ahura Mazda).
Energy
The Avesta
Standard physics within a cosmic moral framework.
Information
The Avesta
Personal soul conserved; judgment and resurrection at the end of time.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
The relationship between Zarathustra's original Gathic monotheism (with Angra Mainyu subordinated to Ahura Mazda) and the later cosmic dualism (with Angra Mainyu as a co-eternal evil principle) has been disputed since antiquity. The Sassanid period codified the dualist position; the 19th-20th century Parsi reform movement returned in some respects to the Gathic monotheism.