Book 25. (1 results) Magicians of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 22 | 621 | I have View more quotes about known">known extremely intelligent men on Gor, incidentally, who could not read. |
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Book 25. (7 results) Magicians of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 22 | 618 | Also, of course, as is well known, singers, scalds in the north, and such, transmit even epics orally. |
| 22 | 619 | Because there are many Goreans who cannot read, many stores, shops, and such, will utilize various signs and devices to identify their place of business. |
| 22 | 620 | For example, a large, wooden image of a paga goblet may hang outside a tavern, a representation of a hammer and anvil outside a metal-worker's shop, one of a needle and thread outside a cloth-worker's shop, and so on. |
| 22 | 621 | I have known extremely intelligent men on Gor, incidentally, who could not read. |
| 22 | 622 | Illiteracy, or, more kindly, an inability to read and write, is not taken on Gor as a mark of stupidity. |
| 22 | 623 | These things tend rather, in many cases, to be associated with the caste structure and cultural traditions. |
| 22 | 624 | Some warriors, as I have indicated earlier, seem to feel it is somewhat undignified for them to know how to read, or, at least, how to read well, perhaps because that sort of thing is more in the line of, say, the scribes. |
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Also, of course, as is well known, singers, scalds in the north, and such, transmit even epics orally.
Because there are many Goreans who cannot read, many stores, shops, and such, will utilize various signs and devices to identify their place of business.
For example, a large, wooden image of a paga goblet may hang outside a tavern, a representation of a hammer and anvil outside a metal-worker's shop, one of a needle and thread outside a cloth-worker's shop, and so on.
I have known extremely intelligent men on Gor, incidentally, who could not read.
Illiteracy, or, more kindly, an inability to read and write, is not taken on Gor as a mark of stupidity.
These things tend rather, in many cases, to be associated with the caste structure and cultural traditions.
Some warriors, as I have indicated earlier, seem to feel it is somewhat undignified for them to know how to read, or, at least, how to read well, perhaps because that sort of thing is more in the line of, say, the scribes.
- (Magicians of Gor)