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Bene Gesserit
Humankind’s epic crusade against, and ultimate triumph over, computers and thinking machines (intelligent and sentient machines that were created in the form of a human mind).
Butlerian Jihad Quotes in Dune
The Dune quotes below are all either spoken by Butlerian Jihad or refer to Butlerian Jihad. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 2, Part 2 Quotes
And Paul, walking behind Chani, felt that a vital moment had passed him, that he had missed an essential decision and was now caught up in his own myth. He knew he had seen this place before, experienced it in a fragment of prescient dream on faraway Caladan, but details of the place were being filled in now that he had not seen. He felt a new sense of wonder at the limits of his gift. It was as though rode within the wave of time, sometimes in its trough, sometimes on a crest—and all around him the other waves lifted and fell, revealing and then hiding what they bore on their surface.
And through it all, the wild jihad still loomed ahead of him, the violence and the slaughter.
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Walking behind Chani as Stilgar and the Fremen lead Paul and Lady Jessica to the safety of their sietch, Paul feels that his life and future events have moved beyond his control. His prescient dreams have predicted this moment, therefore it is likely the rest of his prophetic visions will play out no matter what he desires. The simile of Paul feeling caught as though on “a wave of time” demonstrates the unrelenting force and motion of pre-determined future events. Paul leverages Bene Gesserit myth to gain safety and influence within Fremen culture, eventually fulfilling the prophesized Kwisatz Haderach myth Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem
Book 3, Part 3 Quotes
“When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movement becomes headlong—faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thought of obstacles and forget that a precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it’s too late.”
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Paul Atreides reflects on the concern that his mother, Lady Jessica, holds about the Fremen’s devotion to Paul as a prophesized messiah, as both Paul and Jessica are unsure if he truly is that mythic leader. In the midst of his musings, Paul remembers his mother sharing this Bene Gesserit proverb about the danger of comingling politics and religion. The proverb speaks to the collective folly that arises when people believe in a cause that mixes religion and politics, leading to danger and demise. In this case, Jessica’s fears are founded in truth and the prophecy’s accuracy, demonstrated by Paul’s Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat.
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Butlerian Jihad Term Timeline in Dune
The timeline below shows where the term Butlerian Jihad appears in Dune. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Appendix II
The Butlerian Jihad is one of the most significant events in the Imperium’s history. It was sparked by...
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...was producing a book in its efforts to prevent a religious crusade such as the Butlerian Jihad from occurring again. However, their statement that “We are producing an instrument of Love to...
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