How does Beatty feel about knowledge?

Beatty felt that knowledge set certain men apart and caused chaos. He saw knowledge as a loaded gun.

We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against. So! A book is a loaded gun in the house next door.