Incest Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Stoicism=== The founder of [[Stoicism]], [[Zeno of Citium]], stated that incest was permissible in ''[[Republic (Zeno)|Republic]]'', as did the later prominent Stoic philosopher [[Chrysippus]]. However, Zeno only advocates for incest under unique circumstances, such as procreating with one's ailing mother in order to beget "glorious" children, thus comforting her. Otherwise, incest is condemned as being contrary to Nature. Zeno further condemns incest from a moral and psychological perspective, considering it to be a sign of [[Plato]]'s tyrannical soul, defined as a soul that is governed by illimitable desire. He uses [[Oedipus]] as a tragic example.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hook |first1=Brian S. |title=Oedipus and Thyestes among the Philosophers: Incest and Cannibalism in Plato, Diogenes, and Zeno |journal=Classical Philology |date=January 2005 |volume=100 |issue=1 |pages=17β40 |doi=10.1086/431428 |s2cid=161961479 }}</ref> Nonetheless, later Stoic disciples by the 1st century BC downplayed the pro-incest advocacy, accusing Zeno of being "young and thoughtless" when he wrote ''Republic''.<ref>A view attributed to some contemporary Stoics by [[Philodemus]], ''On the Stoics'', c. 2. col 9. ed. Dorandi.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page