One of the earliest recognized Western explorations of the inner self is famously by a writer who consecrated his life and his writings to his God. He saw his life and his Life as part of God's works. In this New Yorker article, Stephen Greenblatt highlights the problems even for a man like Augustine of the tensions between the fleshly body and its multiple earthly longings and one's spiritual existence:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/19/how-st-augustine-invented-sex
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