The ancient Greeks and Romans had their own threat of this stuff that extends from diogenes of cenope or diogenes the cynic, who lived like a beggar. That was followed by monks of various persuasions, including going back to China in the third century. So really, what this goes back to is a philosophy of separating the self from the physical things that one might have or possess.

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