Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure on the edge of uncertainty.
-- LETO ATREIDES IIThe God Emperor(Hunters of Dune, p.238)
Well put.
I have to include the following short passage even though it doesn't relate to the chapter starter given above, but that would have made this a very short blog entry. The passage shares with the reader Scytale's inner thoughts which show with great clarity and harshness exactly how Tleilaxu see women and their one useful role:
They were just biological vessels to produce offspring, and a conscious brain was not necessary for that process.
(Hunters of Dune, p. 273)
Disgusting. Despicable. "Those dirty Tleilaxu", a clearly racist comment made throughout the epic story but I have to get on board with despising them as a race considering all the evidence against them.
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