One interpretation of the archetypal myth of Babel is that it demonstrates
the misapplication of an aspect of human intelligence to the metaphysical realm.
The engineering mindset is bewildered by the absence of an algorithm for wisdom.
‘Athens made peace with Jerusalem,
but Mecca still hasn’t got the memo.’
‘The Gardener propagates from the most productive plants,
while the least productive have a different fate.
Weeds are turned into compost,
and deadwood is consigned to the flames.’
'In vino there may be veritas, but in wit there is wisdom.'
‘And the Word became mineral, and dwelt among us.’
‘Better the castigation of the Friend than the adulation of admirers.’
‘Conceived in fraternity. Born in liberty. Raised in equality.
Matured in tyranny. Died in ignominy.’
Language and Ideology: The Significance of Hermeneutics and Semiotics for the Theory of Ideology
‘They have kidnapped Sophia and sold her into servitude.
Now she must do the bidding of the housekeeper.’
Reflections 