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τοῦτο: i.e. τὸ ἔχειν κακίαν ἐν σώματι, to be supplied from the preceding clause.
δεύτερος: cf. the Eng. colloquial ‘second best.’
ὁ νουθετούμενος: contains an intimation that the improving punishment need not necessarily be the infliction of physical pain, but may be perceptible only by its effect on the soul. Cf. Apol. 26 a τῶν ἀκουσίων ἁμαρτημάτων οὐ δεῦρο νόμος εἰσάγειν ἐστίν, ἀλλ᾽ ἰδίᾳ λαβόντα διδάσκειν καὶ νουθετεῖν. The following expressions can be conceived as denoting progressively severer modes of punishment without going into details.ἐπιπληττόμενος: the act. usually governs the dative. See on 472 a.
ἀδικίαν: in accordance with the general purpose of the discussion this word is used as a general representative of the various varieties of κακία of the soul.
οὗτος: is pred. and is explained by the preceding clause. The subject is the following rel. clause.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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