Principal Doctrines, 2

Epicurus  Parallel editions

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Greek text: Usener edition

2Ὁ θάνατος οὐδὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς· τὸ γὰρ διαλυθὲν ἀναισθητεῖ· τὸ δ’ ἀναισθητοῦν οὐδὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς.

Hicks translation

2Death is nothing to us; for the body, when it has been resolved into its elements, has no feeling, and that which has no feeling is nothing to us.

Saint-Andre translation

2Death is nothing to us; for what has disintegrated lacks awareness, and what lacks awareness is nothing to us.