Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 10 | 17 | For example, an odor can carry, to the sensory appendages of a priest-King, much farther than can the shout or cry of a man to another man. |
| 10 | 18 | Moreover, if not too much time is allowed to elapse, a priest-King may leave a message in his chamber or in a corridor for another priest-King, and the other may arrive later and interpret it. |
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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.
For example, an odor can carry, to the sensory appendages of a priest-King, much farther than can the shout or cry of a man to another man.
Moreover, if not too much time is allowed to elapse, a priest-King may leave a message in his chamber or in a corridor for another priest-King, and the other may arrive later and interpret it.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )