Friday, May 12, 2017
The Pinnacle of Pleasure
Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus 131 (tr. Cyril Bailey):
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Bread and water produce the highest pleasure, when one who needs them puts them to his lips.A friend writes:
καὶ μᾶζα καὶ ὕδωρ τὴν ἀκροτάτην ἀποδίδωσιν ἡδονήν, ἐπειδὰν ἐνδέων τις αὐτὰ προσενέγκηται.
The papyri yet to be read or unearthed I'm sure will vindicate me in my reading of Letter to Menoeceus 131: καὶ μᾶζα καὶ οἶνος τὴν ἀκροτάτην ἀποδίδωσιν ἡδονήν, ἐπειδὰν ἐνδέων τις αὐτὰ προσενέγκηται.
