Book 19. (1 results) Kajira of Gor (Individual Quote)
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That woman is not the Tatrix! She sat upon the throne! She appeared in public as the Tatrix! She sat in court as the Tatrix! She conducted business as the Tatrix! She was known as the Tatrix! But she was not the Tatrix!" "Let us not ignore the evidence," said Miles of Argentum.
That woman is not the Tatrix! She sat upon the throne! She appeared in public as the Tatrix! She sat in court as the Tatrix! She conducted business as the Tatrix! She was known as the Tatrix! But she was not the Tatrix!" "Let us not ignore the evidence," said Miles of Argentum.
- (Kajira of Gor, Chapter 33, Sentence #373)
Book 19. (7 results) Kajira of Gor (Context Quote)
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370
"In making this identification," said Drusus Rencius, "I do no more than acknowledge that I was once the dupe of Ligurious.
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371
Can you not see? He is making fools of us all!" Ligurious looked down, as though grieved by some irresponsible and absurd outburst.
33
372
"By the love I bear you, and by the love you bear me," said Drusus Rencius to Miles, "hear me out.
33
373
That woman is not the Tatrix! She sat upon the throne! She appeared in public as the Tatrix! She sat in court as the Tatrix! She conducted business as the Tatrix! She was known as the Tatrix! But she was not the Tatrix!" "Let us not ignore the evidence," said Miles of Argentum.
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374
"The evidence, some of which you yourself have presented, clearly indicates that she is the Tatrix.
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375
What sort of evidence would you wish? How do we know, for example, that you are really Drusus Rencius, a captain from Ar? Or that I am Miles, a general from Argentum? Or that he is Ligurious, who was the first minister in Corcyrus? How do we know anyone in this room is who we think? Perhaps we are all victims of some elaborate and preposterous hoax! But the question here is not one of knowledge in some almost incomprehensible or absolute sense but of rational certainty.
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376
And it is clear beyond a doubt, clear to the point of rational certainty, that that was the Tatrix of Corcyrus!" There was applause in the room.
"In making this identification," said Drusus Rencius, "I do no more than acknowledge that I was once the dupe of Ligurious.
Can you not see? He is making fools of us all!" Ligurious looked down, as though grieved by some irresponsible and absurd outburst.
"By the love I bear you, and by the love you bear me," said Drusus Rencius to Miles, "hear me out.
That woman is not the Tatrix! She sat upon the throne! She appeared in public as the Tatrix! She sat in court as the Tatrix! She conducted business as the Tatrix! She was known as the Tatrix! But she was not the Tatrix!" "Let us not ignore the evidence," said Miles of Argentum.
"The evidence, some of which you yourself have presented, clearly indicates that she is the Tatrix.
What sort of evidence would you wish? How do we know, for example, that you are really Drusus Rencius, a captain from Ar? Or that I am Miles, a general from Argentum? Or that he is Ligurious, who was the first minister in Corcyrus? How do we know anyone in this room is who we think? Perhaps we are all victims of some elaborate and preposterous hoax! But the question here is not one of knowledge in some almost incomprehensible or absolute sense but of rational certainty.
And it is clear beyond a doubt, clear to the point of rational certainty, that that was the Tatrix of Corcyrus!" There was applause in the room.
- (Kajira of Gor, Chapter 33)