Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 17 | 443 | As some define it, it is a function of the social conventions obtaining at a View more quotes about given">given time. |
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Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 17 | 440 | "Yes," said Pumpkin. |
| 17 | 441 | The girl shuddered, convinced perhaps that she was in the presence of lunatics. |
| 17 | 442 | Madness is an interesting concept. |
| 17 | 443 | As some define it, it is a function of the social conventions obtaining at a given time. |
| 17 | 444 | In the country of the mad, thusly, only the sane will be accounted insane. |
| 17 | 445 | Acquiescence to contemporary axiological conventions, of course, is not the only possible conceptual approach to such matters. |
| 17 | 446 | Another approach might be to envision a world compatible with reality and congenial to human nature, a world in which science, even social science, might be free, a world in which truth would not be against the law, a world designed not for the crippling, distortion and torture of humanity but for its fulfillment. |
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"Yes," said Pumpkin.
The girl shuddered, convinced perhaps that she was in the presence of lunatics.
Madness is an interesting concept.
As some define it, it is a function of the social conventions obtaining at a given time.
In the country of the mad, thusly, only the sane will be accounted insane.
Acquiescence to contemporary axiological conventions, of course, is not the only possible conceptual approach to such matters.
Another approach might be to envision a world compatible with reality and congenial to human nature, a world in which science, even social science, might be free, a world in which truth would not be against the law, a world designed not for the crippling, distortion and torture of humanity but for its fulfillment.
- (Savages of Gor)