Book 26. (7 results) Witness of Gor (Context Quote)
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1613
For example, some rank the Merchants as a high caste, and some do not; and some rank the Slavers with the Merchants, and some see them as a separate caste, and so on.
11
1614
It is usually a very serious thing to lose caste in this society.
11
1615
To be sure, not everyone has caste.
11
1616
priest-kings, for example, whoever they may be, have no caste.
11
1617
They are said to be "above caste".
11
1618
Similarly, outlaws and slaves have no caste.
11
1619
Outlaws are thought to have relinquished caste, and, in a sense, thus, to be "out of caste," and slaves, of course, as animals, are "below caste," or, perhaps better, "aside from caste" or "apart from caste".
For example, some rank the Merchants as a high caste, and some do not; and some rank the Slavers with the Merchants, and some see them as a separate caste, and so on.
It is usually a very serious thing to lose caste in this society.
To be sure, not everyone has caste.
priest-kings, for example, whoever they may be, have no caste.
They are said to be "above caste".
Similarly, outlaws and slaves have no caste.
Outlaws are thought to have relinquished caste, and, in a sense, thus, to be "out of caste," and slaves, of course, as animals, are "below caste," or, perhaps better, "aside from caste" or "apart from caste".
- (Witness of Gor, Chapter )