Pure giving presupposes a proprietary self that must be questioned.

Evidence

To conceive of God as absolutely present to thought should logically lead to the conclusion of his infinite goodness. Nonetheless, it would seem impossible to imagine generosity without the presence of an originary plenitude. And is it not the case that dialectical necessity will inscribe ‘lack’ in the divine potentiality, thus depriving it of all power to give? Hegel’s God would, on this account, be jealous not in the sense that He wishes to protect the exclusive nature of his power over against humanity, but in the sense that the logical economy of the concept would adapt itself to an economy of need, a need to which the emptiness of kenosis can be assimilated. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 688 (#expands, via linked claim)

Do not believe a man who promises you the moon.The moon is not his to give.A man who would give you what he does not ownwill take from you what you do own. — , A Year of World Stories, 944 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A giver of what he does not own will take what you own — , A Year of World Stories, 944; Generosity is a disguised mode of destruction and appropriation; Generosity presupposes original plenitude; dialectical lack undercuts the power to give. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 688

Broader Connections

• Generosity presupposes original plenitude; dialectical lack undercuts the power to give. #expands (0.85) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 688
• Generosity is a disguised mode of destruction and appropriation #complicates (0.80)
• A giver of what he does not own will take what you own #complicates (0.75) — , A Year of World Stories, 944