Editing Incest (section)

===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 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=17–40 |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>