Book 3. (1 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 10 | 13 | In fact, though I speak of hearing and smelling, I am not sure that these expressions are altogether meaningful when applied to Priest-Kings. |
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Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 10 | 10 | Oddly enough, few of the Priest-Kings whom I questioned on this matter seemed to draw the distinction clearly between hearing and smelling. |
| 10 | 11 | I find this incredible, but I have no reason to believe they deceived me. |
| 10 | 12 | They recognize that we have different sensory arrangements than they do and I suspect that they are as unclear as to the nature of our experience as we are of theirs. |
| 10 | 13 | In fact, though I speak of hearing and smelling, I am not sure that these expressions are altogether meaningful when applied to Priest-Kings. |
| 10 | 14 | I speak of them smelling and hearing through the sensory appendages, but what the quality of their experience may be I am uncertain. |
| 10 | 15 | For example, does a Priest-King have the same qualitative experience that I do when we are confronted by the same scent? I am inclined to doubt it, for their music, which consists of rhapsodies of odors produced by instruments constructed for this purpose, and often played by Priest-Kings, some of whom I am told are far more skillful than others, is intolerable to my ear, or I should say, nose. |
| 10 | 16 | Communication by odor-signals can in certain circumstances be extremely efficient, though it can be disadvantageous in others. |
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Oddly enough, few of the Priest-Kings whom I questioned on this matter seemed to draw the distinction clearly between hearing and smelling.
I find this incredible, but I have no reason to believe they deceived me.
They recognize that we have different sensory arrangements than they do and I suspect that they are as unclear as to the nature of our experience as we are of theirs.
In fact, though I speak of hearing and smelling, I am not sure that these expressions are altogether meaningful when applied to Priest-Kings.
I speak of them smelling and hearing through the sensory appendages, but what the quality of their experience may be I am uncertain.
For example, does a Priest-King have the same qualitative experience that I do when we are confronted by the same scent? I am inclined to doubt it, for their music, which consists of rhapsodies of odors produced by instruments constructed for this purpose, and often played by Priest-Kings, some of whom I am told are far more skillful than others, is intolerable to my ear, or I should say, nose.
Communication by odor-signals can in certain circumstances be extremely efficient, though it can be disadvantageous in others.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter 10)