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 Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Weber's 1905 classic linking the Calvinist ethic to the spirit of modern capitalism
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (Mid) |
|---|---|
| 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 | Both |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | None |
| 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
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
The historical emergence of capitalist rationality.
Space
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
The social space of Calvinist communities.
Matter
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
The embodied disciplined Protestant worker.
Observer
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
The Verstehende sociologist interpreting religious meaning.
Energy
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Energies of inner-worldly asceticism.
Information
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
The religious ethic as cultural information.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Weber's thesis: extensively debated (R. H. Tawney, Werner Sombart, modern revisionists); a touchstone of historical sociology of modernity.