Book 25. (1 results) Magicians of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 8 | 547 | Some ignorantly and sanctimoniously devote themselves to uncriticized abstractions; some strive merely to please their fellows; some, more ambitious, with their eye on power, seek to equal, or even outdo, their peers in lunacy; let civilization be inverted, if only they will then be on top; some, more verbal, seek guidance in obsolete, failed, meretricious phantoms, ever strangers to reality and truth; and many, obsessed with the conviction of their own virtue, are willing to sacrifice a viable world to a fantasy. |
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Book 25. (7 results) Magicians of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 8 | 544 | "But, it seems, not all". |
| 8 | 545 | "No," I said. |
| 8 | 546 | "Some find rebellion in a posturing new conformity. |
| 8 | 547 | Some ignorantly and sanctimoniously devote themselves to uncriticized abstractions; some strive merely to please their fellows; some, more ambitious, with their eye on power, seek to equal, or even outdo, their peers in lunacy; let civilization be inverted, if only they will then be on top; some, more verbal, seek guidance in obsolete, failed, meretricious phantoms, ever strangers to reality and truth; and many, obsessed with the conviction of their own virtue, are willing to sacrifice a viable world to a fantasy. |
| 8 | 548 | That is quite common. |
| 8 | 549 | But there are many possibilities, many motivations, many explanations. |
| 8 | 550 | Untested, rootless madness is restless and inventive. |
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"But, it seems, not all".
"No," I said.
"Some find rebellion in a posturing new conformity.
Some ignorantly and sanctimoniously devote themselves to uncriticized abstractions; some strive merely to please their fellows; some, more ambitious, with their eye on power, seek to equal, or even outdo, their peers in lunacy; let civilization be inverted, if only they will then be on top; some, more verbal, seek guidance in obsolete, failed, meretricious phantoms, ever strangers to reality and truth; and many, obsessed with the conviction of their own virtue, are willing to sacrifice a viable world to a fantasy.
That is quite common.
But there are many possibilities, many motivations, many explanations.
Untested, rootless madness is restless and inventive.
- (Magicians of Gor, Chapter 8)