Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
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".
3
76
"How is leadership determined in these cities?" I asked.
3
77
"Rulers," he said, "are chosen from any high Caste".
3
78
"high Caste?" I asked.
3
79
"Yes, of course," was his answer.
3
80
"In fact, in the First Knowledge, there is a story told to the young in their public nurseries, that if a man from Lower Caste should come to rule in a city, the city would come to ruin".
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".
"How is leadership determined in these cities?" I asked.
"Rulers," he said, "are chosen from any high Caste".
"high Caste?" I asked.
"Yes, of course," was his answer.
"In fact, in the First Knowledge, there is a story told to the young in their public nurseries, that if a man from Lower Caste should come to rule in a city, the city would come to ruin".
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )