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Book 27. (1 results) Prize of Gor (Individual Quote)

Each desires to climb the invisible ladder he claims does not exist. - (Prize of Gor, Chapter 9, Sentence #47)
Chapter # Sentence # Quote
9 47 Each desires to climb the invisible ladder he claims does not exist.

Book 27. (7 results) Prize of Gor (Context Quote)

Chapter # Sentence # Quote
9 44 Rank, distance and hierarchy are ingredient in Gorean social arrangements.
9 45 The intricate stratification of society tends to produce social stability.
9 46 The myth that all are equal when obviously they are not tends to ferment unrest.
9 47 Each desires to climb the invisible ladder he claims does not exist.
9 48 In Gorean society, with its emphasis on locality and neighborhood, with its diverse Home Stones, each with its own history and traditions, with its many castes and subcastes, each with its acknowledged privileges and rights, and obligations, respected by all, political upheavals, social disruptions, are not only rare, but to most Goreans almost incomprehensible.
9 49 There is little cause for such things, little interest in them, little place for them.
9 50 They just do not fit.
Rank, distance and hierarchy are ingredient in Gorean social arrangements. The intricate stratification of society tends to produce social stability. The myth that all are equal when obviously they are not tends to ferment unrest. Each desires to climb the invisible ladder he claims does not exist. In Gorean society, with its emphasis on locality and neighborhood, with its diverse Home Stones, each with its own history and traditions, with its many castes and subcastes, each with its acknowledged privileges and rights, and obligations, respected by all, political upheavals, social disruptions, are not only rare, but to most Goreans almost incomprehensible. There is little cause for such things, little interest in them, little place for them. They just do not fit. - (Prize of Gor, Chapter 9)