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For example, the second knowledge, while required of the higher castes and not of the lower castes, is not prohibited to the lower castes. - (Kajira of Gor, Chapter 33, Sentence #785)

The classical knowledge distinctions on Gor tend to follow caste lines, the first knowledge being regarded as appropriate for the lower castes and the second knowledge for the higher castes. That there is a third knowledge, that of Priest-Kings, is also a common belief. The distinctions, however, between knowledge tend to be somewhat imperfect and artificial. For example, the second knowledge, while required of the higher castes and not of the lower castes, is not prohibited to the lower castes. It is not a body of secret or jealously guarded truths, for example. Gorean libraries, like the tables of Kaissa tournaments, tend to be open to men of all castes. "Gor, and the world called Earth," she said, "are prizes in a struggle of titanic forces, the forces of those whom you call Priest-Kings and of those whom you think of as 'others,' or whom we might think of as Beasts". - (Kajira of Gor)