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τί χρὴ ἐπιτηδεύειν: is the question about which the following discussion revolves. Cf. 492 d, 500 c, 512 e, 515 a, 521 a, 527 b, e.
52 f. κατὰ τὸν βίον: refers, not to the period of life, but to the manner of living.
τοῦτο: Heindorf, followed by Cron, construes this word with the following verb. But it is more natural to look upon it as antecedent to the following sentence, know well this fact, etc.οὐχ ἑκών: sc. according to the Socratic view as to the cause of wrong doing.
νουθετεῖν: according to the rule, when ἄρχεσθαι is used with the inf. the inf. is emphasized; when with the partic. the ‘beginning’ is emphasized. So Theaet. 187 a ἠρχόμεθα διαλεγόμενοι, “we commenced the discussion on which we are still engaged.”—Here, as in 458 a, Socrates looks upon the correction of any erroneous views as a favor.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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