Fragment 151

Martin Ferguson Smith restored Fragment 151 (NF 97) as:

[ὅπως ἡδονή, μη]-

[κέτι τῶ]ν διαλειμμα[ά]-

[των παρ]όντων, αὐτο-

[μάτως] προφανῇ βλά-

[πτουσα μ]ηδὲν τὴν φύ-

σιν.ω τὰ] γὰρ ὑγρὰ τροφεῖα

and translated it as:

... [in order that], when the interstices [are no longer there, pleasure] may appear of its of its own accord without doing any harm to the constitution. V For liquid [nourishment] ...

The source is Martin Ferguson Smith, Supplement to Diogenes of Oinoanda The Epicurean Inscription. Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici. La Scuola di Epicuro. Napoli: Bibliopolis, 2003.