Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 13 | 29 | Their basic mathematics, incidentally, begins with ordinal and not cardinal numbers, and the mathematics of cardinal numbers is regarded as a limiting case imposed on more intuitively acceptable ordinalities. |
| 13 | 30 | Most significantly however I suspect that the syllabary of priest-kings remains complex, and that experiments with unscented graphemes were never conducted, because, except for lexical additions, they wish to keep their language much as it was in the ancient past. |
| 13 | 31 | The priest-king, for all his intelligence, tends to be fond of established patterns, at least in basic cultural matters such as Nest mores and language, subscribing to them however not because of genetic necessity but rather a certain undoubtedly genetically based preference for that which is comfortable and familiar. |
| 13 | 32 | The priest-king, somewhat like men, can change its ways but seldom cares to do so. |
| 13 | 33 | And yet there is probably more to these matters than the above considerations would suggest. |
| 13 | 34 | I once asked Misk why the syllabary of priest-kings was not simplified, and he responded, "If this were done we would have to give up certain signs, and we could not bear to do so, for they are all very beautiful". |
| 13 | 35 | Beneath the scent-dots on each high portal which Mul-Al-Ka and Mul-Ba-Ta and I passed there was, perhaps for the benefit of humans or others, a stylized outline picture of a form of creature. |
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Their basic mathematics, incidentally, begins with ordinal and not cardinal numbers, and the mathematics of cardinal numbers is regarded as a limiting case imposed on more intuitively acceptable ordinalities.
Most significantly however I suspect that the syllabary of priest-kings remains complex, and that experiments with unscented graphemes were never conducted, because, except for lexical additions, they wish to keep their language much as it was in the ancient past.
The priest-king, for all his intelligence, tends to be fond of established patterns, at least in basic cultural matters such as Nest mores and language, subscribing to them however not because of genetic necessity but rather a certain undoubtedly genetically based preference for that which is comfortable and familiar.
The priest-king, somewhat like men, can change its ways but seldom cares to do so.
And yet there is probably more to these matters than the above considerations would suggest.
I once asked Misk why the syllabary of priest-kings was not simplified, and he responded, "If this were done we would have to give up certain signs, and we could not bear to do so, for they are all very beautiful".
Beneath the scent-dots on each high portal which Mul-Al-Ka and Mul-Ba-Ta and I passed there was, perhaps for the benefit of humans or others, a stylized outline picture of a form of creature.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )