Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | 443 | As some define it, it is a function of the social conventions obtaining at a given time. |
| 17 | 444 | In the country of the mad, thusly, only the sane will be accounted insane. |
| 17 | 445 | Acquiescence to contemporary axiological conventions, of course, is not the only possible conceptual approach to such matters. |
| 17 | 446 | Another approach might be to envision a world compatible with reality and congenial to human nature, a world in which science, even social science, might be free, a world in which truth would not be against the law, a world designed not for the crippling, distortion and torture of humanity but for its fulfillment. |
| 17 | 447 | "But do not fear," said Pumpkin to the girl, "for, soon, when we reach the compound, you will be decently clothed". |
| 17 | 448 | "Like you?" she asked. |
| 17 | 449 | She regarded the long, gray, coarse, clumsy dresses on the Waniyanpi with distaste. |
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As some define it, it is a function of the social conventions obtaining at a given time.
In the country of the mad, thusly, only the sane will be accounted insane.
Acquiescence to contemporary axiological conventions, of course, is not the only possible conceptual approach to such matters.
Another approach might be to envision a world compatible with reality and congenial to human nature, a world in which science, even social science, might be free, a world in which truth would not be against the law, a world designed not for the crippling, distortion and torture of humanity but for its fulfillment.
"But do not fear," said Pumpkin to the girl, "for, soon, when we reach the compound, you will be decently clothed".
"Like you?" she asked.
She regarded the long, gray, coarse, clumsy dresses on the Waniyanpi with distaste.
- (Savages of Gor, Chapter )