One may, if one wishes, consider the legend of the Babylonian confusion of tongues as the mythical gown of an early historical perception of international law, and the disorder it describes as the start of a more natural order.

• 如果愿意，可以将巴比伦口音之乱的传说看作是一种对国际法律早期历史理解的神话表述，也可以将这传说里所描述的混乱看作是一种更自然的法则的开端。