symbolic exchange, n.Definitions

Symbolic exchange (n.) forbids ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠settling a debt at par: every gift must go back with interest.

Symbolic exchange (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠one absolute rule, give back what you were given, no more and no less; thought's rule is to hand the world back as unintelligible as it came, and a little more so.