Book 3. (1 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 15 | 116 | "I see," said View more quotes about misk">Misk, "you fear he is becoming a kind of machine". |
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Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 15 | 113 | "All creatures who instruct their young alter their brains. |
| 15 | 114 | How else could learning take place? This device is merely a comparatively considerate, swift and efficient means to an end that is universally regarded as desirable by rational creatures". |
| 15 | 115 | "I am uneasy," I said. |
| 15 | 116 | "I see," said Misk, "you fear he is becoming a kind of machine". |
| 15 | 117 | "Yes," I said. |
| 15 | 118 | "You must remember," said Misk, "that he is a Priest-King and thus a rational creature and that we could not turn him into a machine without neutralizing certain critical and perceptive areas, without which he would no longer be a Priest-King". |
| 15 | 119 | "But he would be a self-governing machine," I said. |
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"All creatures who instruct their young alter their brains.
How else could learning take place? This device is merely a comparatively considerate, swift and efficient means to an end that is universally regarded as desirable by rational creatures".
"I am uneasy," I said.
"I see," said Misk, "you fear he is becoming a kind of machine".
"Yes," I said.
"You must remember," said Misk, "that he is a Priest-King and thus a rational creature and that we could not turn him into a machine without neutralizing certain critical and perceptive areas, without which he would no longer be a Priest-King".
"But he would be a self-governing machine," I said.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor)