In further pursuing this course of discovery, the works of the philosopher Epicurus (341-270 BC) from Samos, an Athenian colony, should be noted, in that he also dealt with this question of internal conflict, what he terms "the disturbance of the soul." His Fragmenta offers a means of extinguishing this difficulty:

XLVII. I have anticipated thee, Fortune, and entrenched myself against all thy secret attacks. And we will not give ourselves up as captives to thee or those who here vainly cling to it, we will leave life crying aloud in a glorious triumph-song that we have lived well.¹²

LXXIX. The man who is serene causes no disturbance to himself or to another.¹³

LXXXI. The disturbance of the soul cannot be ended nor true joy created either by the possession of the greatest wealth or by honor and respect in the eyes of the mob or by anything else that is associated with causes of unlimited desire.¹⁴

Moderation and inner peace are the keys to resolving internal conflict and releasing the heart from the yokes of slavery put upon it, allowing the heart to express itself.

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