Book 14. (7 results) Fighting Slave of Gor (Context Quote)
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Sentence #
Quote
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103
"There is little if any concept involved," I said.
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.
"There is little if any concept involved," I said.
"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.
- (Fighting Slave of Gor, Chapter )