Epicurus's argument requires that the subject of harm must exist when harm occurs. Perdurance theory satisfies this by locating harm at the terminal stage when the person still exists.

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Epicurus(the originator of Epicurean atomism): An ancient Greek philosopher (341-270 BCE) who argued that the universe is made of atoms moving through empty space, and that this physical process alone could explain everything we observe without needing a god or designer.
Epicurus's argument (about harm)(the main philosophical problem being analyzed in this statement): The idea that you can only be harmed by something if you exist at the time the harm happens—for example, you can't be harmed by something that happens after you die because you don't exist anymore to experience it.
Perdurance theory(as a theory that tries to solve the problem of when harm can occur): A philosophical view about how objects and people exist over time, saying that things continue to exist as a whole across different moments (like a person existing from birth through old age as one continuous entity).
Subject of harm(in discussing who must exist for harm to occur)

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