Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 25 | 199 | A similar theory maintained that thassa was restricted within her bounds by a great wall of stone, constructed eons ago by Priest-Kings. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 25 | 196 | Another theory held that the world did, indeed, end at some horizon, for in a finite world there could be no infinite number of horizons, but maintained that at the final horizon, or final shore, as in a lake, thassa would find her final limit. |
| 25 | 197 | But, interestingly, thassa herself, in one such theory, constituted this limit, at that point being hardened, or frozen, a part of her, like a wall, holding back the rest. |
| 25 | 198 | And beyond this limit there was nothing. |
| 25 | 199 | A similar theory maintained that thassa was restricted within her bounds by a great wall of stone, constructed eons ago by Priest-Kings. |
| 25 | 200 | And beyond this wall, again, there was nothing. |
| 25 | 201 | Most mariners, however, believed that the world was spherical, surmising this from a plenitude of considerations, that one first discerns the masts of approaching ships, that Gor's shadow, round, is occasionally cast on a moon, that not all stars are visible at all latitudes, as would be the case if the world were a plane, and so on. |
| 25 | 202 | To be sure, they often thought the lower surface of the sphere, below embedded thassa, likely to be uninhabitable. |
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Another theory held that the world did, indeed, end at some horizon, for in a finite world there could be no infinite number of horizons, but maintained that at the final horizon, or final shore, as in a lake, thassa would find her final limit.
But, interestingly, thassa herself, in one such theory, constituted this limit, at that point being hardened, or frozen, a part of her, like a wall, holding back the rest.
And beyond this limit there was nothing.
A similar theory maintained that thassa was restricted within her bounds by a great wall of stone, constructed eons ago by Priest-Kings.
And beyond this wall, again, there was nothing.
Most mariners, however, believed that the world was spherical, surmising this from a plenitude of considerations, that one first discerns the masts of approaching ships, that Gor's shadow, round, is occasionally cast on a moon, that not all stars are visible at all latitudes, as would be the case if the world were a plane, and so on.
To be sure, they often thought the lower surface of the sphere, below embedded thassa, likely to be uninhabitable.
- (Swordsmen of Gor, Chapter 25)