Book 14. (7 results) Fighting Slave of Gor (Context Quote)
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Sentence #
Quote
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397
There is no Gorean expression for 'country' in the precise sense of a nation.
11
398
Men of Earth think of cities as being within countries.
11
399
Men of Gor tend to think of cities and the lands controlled by them.
11
400
The crucial political entity for Goreans tends to be the city or village, the place where people and power are.
11
401
There can be, of course, leagues among cities and tangential territories.
11
402
Men of Earth tend to think of territory in a manner that might be considered circumferential, whereas Goreans tend to think of it as a more radial sort of thing.
11
403
Consider a circle with a point at its center.
There is no Gorean expression for 'country' in the precise sense of a nation.
Men of Earth think of cities as being within countries.
Men of Gor tend to think of cities and the lands controlled by them.
The crucial political entity for Goreans tends to be the city or village, the place where people and power are.
There can be, of course, leagues among cities and tangential territories.
Men of Earth tend to think of territory in a manner that might be considered circumferential, whereas Goreans tend to think of it as a more radial sort of thing.
Consider a circle with a point at its center.
- (Fighting Slave of Gor, Chapter )