This way of living in reciprocal dependency is preserved in texts, letters, and proverbs from the ancient world. Greek poet Hesiod wrote around 700 BC: Have the grain measured out properly when you borrow from a neighbor, and pay it back properly, in the same measure or even better, if you can. This way, when you are in need, you can find something to rely on. . . . Seek the company of those who seek yours. Give to the one who would give to you, and do not give to the one who would not. One gives to the giver, and gives not to the one who gives not.1 Reciprocal dependency runs through this
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