Book 18. (1 results) Blood Brothers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 30 | 61 | It is an interesting View more quotes about question">question whether or not such competitive belief systems can be replaced with truth; truth, like the belief systems, is irrefutable, but its irrefutability is not a function of emptiness, of cognitive vacuity, but of its rectitude. |
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Book 18. (7 results) Blood Brothers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 30 | 58 | The real role of such belief systems, thus, is not to tell people about the world, for they are actually irrelevant to the world, but to supply them with psychological and social benefits. |
| 30 | 59 | To simply see such belief systems as false or meaningless is perhaps to fail to understand what one is dealing with. |
| 30 | 60 | They are not libraries but fortresses. |
| 30 | 61 | It is an interesting question whether or not such competitive belief systems can be replaced with truth; truth, like the belief systems, is irrefutable, but its irrefutability is not a function of emptiness, of cognitive vacuity, but of its rectitude. |
| 30 | 62 | Truth, you see, has reality on its side. |
| 30 | 63 | Truth's problems do not derive primarily from the complexity of nature but from the simplicity of people. |
| 30 | 64 | It is always more convenient to adopt a slogan than conduct an inquiry. |
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The real role of such belief systems, thus, is not to tell people about the world, for they are actually irrelevant to the world, but to supply them with psychological and social benefits.
To simply see such belief systems as false or meaningless is perhaps to fail to understand what one is dealing with.
They are not libraries but fortresses.
It is an interesting question whether or not such competitive belief systems can be replaced with truth; truth, like the belief systems, is irrefutable, but its irrefutability is not a function of emptiness, of cognitive vacuity, but of its rectitude.
Truth, you see, has reality on its side.
Truth's problems do not derive primarily from the complexity of nature but from the simplicity of people.
It is always more convenient to adopt a slogan than conduct an inquiry.
- (Blood Brothers of Gor)