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ἀμφοτέρων: i.e. philosophy and politics.ὅσον παιδείας χάριν: as far as it serves the purpose of education. Cf. Rep. iii. 403 e ὅσον τοὺς τύπους, Euthyd. 273 a τὴν φύσιν ὅσον. See H. 719 b; G. 160, 1. The opposite is ἐπὶ τέχνῃ, or something similar, as seen from Prot. 312 b τούτων σὺ ἑκάστην οὐκ ἐπὶ τέχνῃ ἔμαθες, ὡς δημιουργὸς ἐσόμενος, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ παιδείᾳ, ὡς τὸν ἰδιώτην καὶ τὸν ἐλεύθερον πρέπει. Culture was the watchword of the time.
καὶ οὐκ αἰσχρόν: change from the καλόν to the καταγέλαστον.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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