BABEL AND DERRIDA:

[t]he name ‘Babel/Babylon’ does not mean ‘gate of the god’, as the Babylonians held, but ‘confusion’, and it evokes the similar sounding words ‘folly’ and ‘flood’. Far from being the last word in human culture, it is the ultimate symbol of man’s failure when he attempts to go it alone in defiance of his creator. ................
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