Both Uses of
agnostic
in
Dune
- The agnostic ruling class (including the Guild) for whom religion was a kind of puppet show to amuse the populace and keep it docile, and who believed essentially that all phenomena — even religious phenomena — could be reduced to mechanical explanations; 4.†
Book A2 -
- The beginning is an obvious appeal to the agnostic rulers.†
Book A2 - *
Definition:
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(agnostic) a person who believes they lack true knowledge about the existence of God (but believes that God might exist)
or more rarely: someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about somethingeditor's notes: An agnostic is sometimes contrasted to an atheist who is firmly convinced that God does not exist.