Version 1.0
The Eskesthai Master Taxonomy is the initial framework for organizing the archive as a connected body of work.
Eskesthai has developed over many years across philosophy, mathematics, geometry, physics, cosmology, consciousness, memory, technology, music, sound, and scientific observation. The archive therefore cannot be adequately represented by a single hierarchy of categories.
The Taxonomy provides several complementary ways of entering the archive:
Subjects identify the broad territories of inquiry.
Topics identify narrower fields within those territories.
Concepts identify recurring ideas that move across the archive and connect otherwise different subjects.
Expressions identify the forms through which an idea becomes manifest—writing, image, music, sound, video, cinematic work, sonification, and other forms.
The Master Atlas provides the relationship layer, showing how Subjects, Topics, Concepts, Expressions, chronology, and individual works belong together.
A work may therefore belong to more than one Subject, Topic, or Concept. This is intentional. The purpose of the Taxonomy is not to confine the archive, but to make its relationships discoverable.
The Nine Initial Subjects
1. Philosophy
2. Mathematics
3. Geometry
4. Physics
5. Cosmology
6. Consciousness & Memory
7. AI & Technology
8. Music & Sound
9. Science & Observation
These nine Subjects are broad territories rather than rigid categories. Existing Eskesthai labels and WordPress categories will gradually be mapped into them where useful.
The Taxonomy does not require the immediate renaming, deletion, or destruction of existing categories. Historical categories are themselves part of the archive’s development and should be preserved while their relationships are understood.
This Version 1.0 establishes the initial architecture. Future versions may refine the terminology and relationships as the archive is examined more completely.
Formal Archive Edition
Eskesthai Master Taxonomy — Version 1.0
The PDF below is the formal archival edition of this taxonomy and may be preserved independently of the website.
Download the Eskesthai Master Taxonomy — Version 1.0 PDF
[Download the Master Taxonomy — Version 1.0]
Relationship to the Master Atlas
The Taxonomy establishes what the parts of the archive are.
The Master Atlas establishes how those parts relate to one another.
Together they provide the foundation for an archive that can increasingly explain and navigate itself without requiring the original Builder to be present.
