Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 72 | On the other hand, the High Castes, specifically the Warriors, Builders, Scribes, Initiates, and Physicians, were told the truth in such matters, perhaps because it was thought they would eventually determine it for themselves, from observations such as the shadow of their planet on one or another of Gor's three small moons during eclipses, the phenomenon of sighting the tops of distant objects first, and the fact that certain stars could not be seen from certain geographical positions; if the planet had been flat, precisely the same set of stars would have been observable from every position on its surface. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 69 | Sometimes there was a surprising discrepancy between the two. |
| 3 | 70 | For example, the population as a whole, the castes below the High Castes, were encouraged to believe that their world was a broad, flat disk. |
| 3 | 71 | Perhaps this was to discourage them from exploration or to develop in them a habit of relying on common-sense prejudices—something of a social control device. |
| 3 | 72 | On the other hand, the High Castes, specifically the Warriors, Builders, Scribes, Initiates, and Physicians, were told the truth in such matters, perhaps because it was thought they would eventually determine it for themselves, from observations such as the shadow of their planet on one or another of Gor's three small moons during eclipses, the phenomenon of sighting the tops of distant objects first, and the fact that certain stars could not be seen from certain geographical positions; if the planet had been flat, precisely the same set of stars would have been observable from every position on its surface. |
| 3 | 73 | I wondered, however, if the Second Knowledge, that of the intellectuals, might not be as carefully tailored to preclude inquiry on their level as the First Knowledge apparently was to preclude inquiry on the level of the Lower Castes. |
| 3 | 74 | I would guess that there is a Third Knowledge, that reserved to the Priest-Kings. |
| 3 | 75 | "The city-state," said my father, speaking to me late one afternoon, "is the basic political division on Gor—hostile cities controlling what territory they can in their environs, surrounded by a no-man's land of open ground on every side". |
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Sometimes there was a surprising discrepancy between the two.
For example, the population as a whole, the castes below the High Castes, were encouraged to believe that their world was a broad, flat disk.
Perhaps this was to discourage them from exploration or to develop in them a habit of relying on common-sense prejudices—something of a social control device.
On the other hand, the High Castes, specifically the Warriors, Builders, Scribes, Initiates, and Physicians, were told the truth in such matters, perhaps because it was thought they would eventually determine it for themselves, from observations such as the shadow of their planet on one or another of Gor's three small moons during eclipses, the phenomenon of sighting the tops of distant objects first, and the fact that certain stars could not be seen from certain geographical positions; if the planet had been flat, precisely the same set of stars would have been observable from every position on its surface.
I wondered, however, if the Second Knowledge, that of the intellectuals, might not be as carefully tailored to preclude inquiry on their level as the First Knowledge apparently was to preclude inquiry on the level of the Lower Castes.
I would guess that there is a Third Knowledge, that reserved to the Priest-Kings.
"The city-state," said my father, speaking to me late one afternoon, "is the basic political division on Gor—hostile cities controlling what territory they can in their environs, surrounded by a no-man's land of open ground on every side".
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter 3)