Book 11. (1 results) Slave Girl of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 9 | 1016 | Clans, because of View more quotes about practical">practical limitations on mobility, are usually associated, substantially, with a given city; the caste, on the other hand, is transmunicipal or intermunicipal. |
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Book 11. (7 results) Slave Girl of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 9 | 1013 | Many Goreans think of the clan as a kinship group within a caste. |
| 9 | 1014 | For most practical purposes they are correct. |
| 9 | 1015 | At least it seldom does much harm to regard the matter in this way. |
| 9 | 1016 | Clans, because of practical limitations on mobility, are usually associated, substantially, with a given city; the caste, on the other hand, is transmunicipal or intermunicipal. |
| 9 | 1017 | These remarks would not be complete without mentioning Home Stones. |
| 9 | 1018 | Perhaps the most significant difference between the man of Earth and the Gorean is that the Gorean has a Home Stone, and the man of Earth does not. |
| 9 | 1019 | It is difficult to make clear to a non-Gorean the significance of the Home Stone, for the non-Gorean has never had a Home Stone, and thus cannot understand its meaning, its reality. |
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Many Goreans think of the clan as a kinship group within a caste.
For most practical purposes they are correct.
At least it seldom does much harm to regard the matter in this way.
Clans, because of practical limitations on mobility, are usually associated, substantially, with a given city; the caste, on the other hand, is transmunicipal or intermunicipal.
These remarks would not be complete without mentioning Home Stones.
Perhaps the most significant difference between the man of Earth and the Gorean is that the Gorean has a Home Stone, and the man of Earth does not.
It is difficult to make clear to a non-Gorean the significance of the Home Stone, for the non-Gorean has never had a Home Stone, and thus cannot understand its meaning, its reality.
- (Slave Girl of Gor)