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Dune · 1965
Orange Catholic Bible, Dune
Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man's mind.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The commandment explains why Dune’s society develops human abilities in place of thinking machines. Mohiam’s reply keeps the question of who controls whom more troubling than a simple ban.
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In context
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Paul quotes this commandment while speaking with Reverend Mother Mohiam in Dune’s opening Caladan interview. Mohiam connects it to the Butlerian Jihad and the Orange Catholic Bible, then questions whether a prohibition on machines is enough to prevent enslavement. The card follows the supplied printed edition and Book Riot’s page-cited “man’s mind”; “human mind” also circulates in quotation lists.
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- Book One, the gom jabbar scene; Paul quotes the Butlerian commandment (Book Riot pp. 11-12) — reference 1Book One, the gom jabbar scene; Paul quotes the Butlerian commandment (Book Riot pp. 11-12); selected line and sceneReference checked
- Book One, the gom jabbar scene; Paul quotes the Butlerian commandment (Book Riot pp. 11-12) — reference 2Book One, the gom jabbar scene; Paul quotes the Butlerian commandment (Book Riot pp. 11-12); selected line and sceneReference checked
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