Book 34. (1 results) Plunder of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 61 | 528 | View more quotes about consider">Consider now a culture in which there is a clear, sharp, important, even momentous, distinction between the free and the not free. |
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Book 34. (7 results) Plunder of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 61 | 525 | There would be a conceptual difference, of course, or a logically possible difference, but it would be of little practical moment. |
| 61 | 526 | Analogously, if everything happened to be, say, red, we might not know that anything was red. |
| 61 | 527 | Presumably, we would not have a word for "red," or even be aware that other colors might exist. |
| 61 | 528 | Consider now a culture in which there is a clear, sharp, important, even momentous, distinction between the free and the not free. |
| 61 | 529 | On such a world, where not all are free, freedom becomes quite important. |
| 61 | 530 | It is no longer meaningless or immaterial. |
| 61 | 531 | Associated with freedom is standing, respect, dignity, prestige, status, privileges, and power, and acknowledged claims and rights. |
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There would be a conceptual difference, of course, or a logically possible difference, but it would be of little practical moment.
Analogously, if everything happened to be, say, red, we might not know that anything was red.
Presumably, we would not have a word for "red," or even be aware that other colors might exist.
Consider now a culture in which there is a clear, sharp, important, even momentous, distinction between the free and the not free.
On such a world, where not all are free, freedom becomes quite important.
It is no longer meaningless or immaterial.
Associated with freedom is standing, respect, dignity, prestige, status, privileges, and power, and acknowledged claims and rights.
- (Plunder of Gor)