Private honor is a self-love risking one’s possessions, not community regard

Evidence

Then test it,’ said the beggar. ‘Give me your bag of gold.’ Amused, the rich man did. The beggar held it a moment — then handed it back. ‘There. I have given away a fortune and feel no loss, for my heart was full before and is full now. Could you give it away so lightly? If not, then you do not own the gold — the gold owns you. And that, friend, is your real answer.’ — , A Year of World Stories, 12081 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Aristocratic trustworthiness is enforced by community-wide exclusionary norms, not reciprocity.; Ownership of wealth is real only when one can part with it freely — , A Year of World Stories, 12081; the MOC “The Self That Stumbles: Ego, Pride, and the Recognition Economy”

Related

• Ownership of wealth is real only when one can part with it freely (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Ownership of wealth is real only when one can part with it freely #expands (0.82) — , A Year of World Stories, 12081