Book 22. (1 results) Dancer of Gor (Individual Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
22
77
I did not know if the high intelligence of Gorean men was a function of those men who had been brought to Gor in the distant past, perhaps chosen for intelligence, as well as other qualities, or if it had to do rather, for the most part, with the exhilarating, liberating Gorean cultural milieu, one alien to negativity, inhibition and frustration, one perhaps, in virtue of permitting an open, honest and freed manhood, more conducive to emotional and mental growth, in a natural sense, as that of plants and animals, as opposed to a political sense, as in producing conformity to whatever the currently prescribed role models might be, than that of a less natural society or culture.
I did not know if the high intelligence of Gorean men was a function of those men who had been brought to Gor in the distant past, perhaps chosen for intelligence, as well as other qualities, or if it had to do rather, for the most part, with the exhilarating, liberating Gorean cultural milieu, one alien to negativity, inhibition and frustration, one perhaps, in virtue of permitting an open, honest and freed manhood, more conducive to emotional and mental growth, in a natural sense, as that of plants and animals, as opposed to a political sense, as in producing conformity to whatever the currently prescribed role models might be, than that of a less natural society or culture.
- (Dancer of Gor, Chapter 22, Sentence #77)
Book 22. (7 results) Dancer of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
22
74
"You are extremely intelligent," he said, "as well as extremely beautiful".
22
75
"Thank you, Master," I whispered.
22
76
I felt that my intelligence was small compared to that of most Gorean males, but I did not feel intellectually inferior, at least generally, to the women I had met on Gor, either girls from Earth, such as Gloria and Clarissa, who had been with me at Market of Semris, or those native to Gor, women such as Tula and Ina, and Sita and Aynur, whom I had known at the tavern of Hendow, on Dock Street, in Brundisium.
22
77
I did not know if the high intelligence of Gorean men was a function of those men who had been brought to Gor in the distant past, perhaps chosen for intelligence, as well as other qualities, or if it had to do rather, for the most part, with the exhilarating, liberating Gorean cultural milieu, one alien to negativity, inhibition and frustration, one perhaps, in virtue of permitting an open, honest and freed manhood, more conducive to emotional and mental growth, in a natural sense, as that of plants and animals, as opposed to a political sense, as in producing conformity to whatever the currently prescribed role models might be, than that of a less natural society or culture.
22
78
"Doubtless these qualities have contributed to your effectiveness as a lure girl," he said.
22
79
"Perhaps, Master," I said, uneasily.
22
80
"But even so," he said, "the effectiveness of a lure girl is usually limited".
"You are extremely intelligent," he said, "as well as extremely beautiful".
"Thank you, Master," I whispered.
I felt that my intelligence was small compared to that of most Gorean males, but I did not feel intellectually inferior, at least generally, to the women I had met on Gor, either girls from Earth, such as Gloria and Clarissa, who had been with me at Market of Semris, or those native to Gor, women such as Tula and Ina, and Sita and Aynur, whom I had known at the tavern of Hendow, on Dock Street, in Brundisium.
I did not know if the high intelligence of Gorean men was a function of those men who had been brought to Gor in the distant past, perhaps chosen for intelligence, as well as other qualities, or if it had to do rather, for the most part, with the exhilarating, liberating Gorean cultural milieu, one alien to negativity, inhibition and frustration, one perhaps, in virtue of permitting an open, honest and freed manhood, more conducive to emotional and mental growth, in a natural sense, as that of plants and animals, as opposed to a political sense, as in producing conformity to whatever the currently prescribed role models might be, than that of a less natural society or culture.
"Doubtless these qualities have contributed to your effectiveness as a lure girl," he said.
"Perhaps, Master," I said, uneasily.
"But even so," he said, "the effectiveness of a lure girl is usually limited".
- (Dancer of Gor, Chapter 22)