Two-person exchange is a subspecies of the individual’s internal sacrifice-and-gain.

Evidence

This subjective process of sacrifice and gain within the individual psyche is by no means something secondary or imitative in relation to interindividual exchange. On the contrary, the give-and-take between sacrifice and attainment within the individual is the fundamental presupposition and, as it were, the essence of every two-sided exchange. The latter is only a subspecies of the former; that is, it is the sort in which the sacrifice is occasioned by the demand of another individual, whereas the sacrifice can be occasioned by things and their natural properties with the same sort of consequences for the actor. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 226

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Sacrifice itself can generate the value of its goal — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 242; Economic value arises only through sacrifice and exchange — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 245; Sacrifice is the inner condition of value, not merely an obstacle to it — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 231 (+2 more)

Related

• Economic value arises only through sacrifice and exchange (similarity 0.89)
• Sacrifice itself can generate the value of its goal (similarity 0.87)
• Sacrifice is the inner condition of value, not merely an obstacle to it (similarity 0.87)
• Exchange creates value as genuinely as production does. (similarity 0.86)
• Exchange itself, not utility or scarcity, creates economic value. (similarity 0.86)
• Exchange is sacrifice’s secularized form, not its offshoot (similarity 0.84)
• Exchange creates value such that the sum exceeds what each party held. (similarity 0.84)
• Exchange stands as the purest form of human interaction and rationalizes daily life. (similarity 0.84)
• Exchange value is always judged relative to the moment’s circumstances (similarity 0.83)
• Exchange is a change within each party, not a thing between them. (similarity 0.82)
• Every exchange is individually advantageous given its actual circumstances (similarity 0.82)
• Labor power only becomes a value through the possibility of exchange. (similarity 0.79)
• Every interaction, including love and conversation, is a form of exchange. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Sacrifice is the inner condition of value, not merely an obstacle to it #corroborates (0.70) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 231
• Exchange itself, not utility or scarcity, creates economic value. #expands (0.65) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 261
• Economic value arises only through sacrifice and exchange #expands (0.60) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 245
• Sacrifice itself can generate the value of its goal #expands (0.55) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 242