καὶ αὐτὸς . . . διδάξαι: parenthetical.
μακρὰ λέγειν κτἑ.: the sophists and rhetoricians boasted of their ability to speak on any subject as long or as briefly as one desired. Cf. 329 b, 335 b, Phaedr. 267 b Τισίαν δὲ Γοργίαν τε ἐάσομεν εὕδειν, οἳ συντομίαν τε λόγων καὶ ἄπειρα μήκη περὶ πάντων ἀνεῦρον (invented)? Gorg. 449 c καὶ γὰρ αὖ καὶ τοῦτο ἕν ἐστιν ὧν φημί, μηδένα ἂν ἐν βραχυτέροις ἐμοῦ τὰ αὐτὰ εἰπεῖν. Cf. Anaximenes Rhet. 22.
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