108. ἀμαθία ἡ μεγίστη: cf. Laws, III. 689A τίς οὖν ἡ μεγίστη
δικαίως ἂν λέγοιτο ἀμαθία;—ταύτην τὴν διαφωνίαν λύρης τε καὶ
ἡδονῆς ρπὸς τὴν κατὰ λόγον δόξαν ἀμαθίαν φημὶ εἶναι τὴν ἐσχάτην,
μεγίστην δέ, ὅτι τοῦ πλήθους ἐστὶ τῆς ψυχῆς.
110. οὔτε αὐτοί: the verb hangs fire: we should expect Plato
to continue οὔτε οἱ ὑμέτεροι παῖδες ἔρχονται κτλ. Stephanus
thought προσέρχεσθε had fallen out after αὐτοί, Madvig ἴτε,
while Kroschel suggests οὔτ᾽ ἐφοιτᾶτε αὐτοί. It seems probable
that the text is corrupt; at all events no parallel has yet been
adduced. The two cases quoted by Sauppe (Dem. πρὸς Ἄφοβον,
§ 54, and pseudo-Dem. πρὸς Τιμόθεον, § 52) are more than
doubtful in respect of their text, which (as Sauppe quotes it) is
not according to the MSS. Madvig's ἴτε is simplest, but the
future seems out of place: perhaps ᾖτε should be read.
112. ὡς οὐ διδακτοῦ ὄντος: i.e. τοῦ μὴ ἡδονῆς ἡττᾶσθαι.
Plato. Protagoras. J. Adam & A. M. Adam. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1893.
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