@MarkAsser “For Zeno [founder of Stoicism], Crates [a Cynic] could be a harsh teacher, and his methods were, just like the Cynics themselves, unconventional. He made Zeno carry a pot of lentil soup through town, and then bashed it to pieces with his staff. Zeno ran away, ashamed, soup puddling beneath him. But the lesson was clear: Cynics believed that nothing done by a virtuous human should be viewed with a sense of shame.”

https://thestoicgym.com/the-stoic-magazine/article/560

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