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οὐδὲν κτἑ.: the dangerousness of the art is to be offset by the natural feeling of equity which will compel each of the two aspirants to leave uninjured the public position which both desire, as well as the δόξα, which is the orator's continual and chief aim.οὐδέν τι: strengthens the negation. Cf. the Eng. ‘none the more.’ The acc. of this neg. is used, but never the dat. with the comparative.
ὅτι: is correlative with τούτου ἕνεκα. For the following double καί, see on 457 e.
ἐὰν δὲ κτἑ.: shows again the opposition of practice to theory. Gorgias continually recurs to the same thoughts, as if the rolling swell (ὄγκος) of words could conceal the poverty of ideas. This belongs to the mimetic element of the dialogue.
κᾆτα: as well as κἄπειτα, is often used after a partic. as if it were following a finite verb.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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