Book 14. (1 results) Fighting Slave of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 107 | One of the View more quotes about great">great utilities of these words, long since evacuated of most of their cognitive content, is that they make thought unnecessary. |
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Book 14. (7 results) Fighting Slave of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 104 | "The expression is a 'signal word,' a word selected for its emotive connotation, not its cognitive meaning. |
| 1 | 105 | It is to be used as a slander tool to discourage questioning and enforce verbal agreement. |
| 1 | 106 | Similar expressions, once meaningful, now largely of value as rhetorical devices are 'chauvinist', 'sex object', 'person', 'conservative' and 'liberal'. |
| 1 | 107 | One of the great utilities of these words, long since evacuated of most of their cognitive content, is that they make thought unnecessary. |
| 1 | 108 | It is little wonder men value them so highly". |
| 1 | 109 | "I do not believe you," she said. |
| 1 | 110 | "You may not share my values". |
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"The expression is a 'signal word,' a word selected for its emotive connotation, not its cognitive meaning.
It is to be used as a slander tool to discourage questioning and enforce verbal agreement.
Similar expressions, once meaningful, now largely of value as rhetorical devices are 'chauvinist', 'sex object', 'person', 'conservative' and 'liberal'.
One of the great utilities of these words, long since evacuated of most of their cognitive content, is that they make thought unnecessary.
It is little wonder men value them so highly".
"I do not believe you," she said.
"You may not share my values".
- (Fighting Slave of Gor)