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ceding clause, i.e. equiv. to τῷ σῴζεσθαι μνήμην κτἑ.
τοιαῦται ἄλλαι: “according to their nature similar, but different in their application.” Supply δοκοῦσιν out of the preceding δοκεῖ.
προμηθίαν τοῦ βελτίστου: designed to be in sharp contrast with the μνήμην τοῦ εἰωθότος γίγνεσθαι above.
16 f. ὥσπερ ἐκεῖ: i.e. in the case of the body.
ἥτις δὲ ἢ βελτίων κτἑ.: is a circumlocutory reference to φύσις, as οὔτε μέλον in the following member is to αἰτία. The abs. partic. μέλον is likewise combined with an appos. partic. in Phaedr. 235 a ὡς οὐ πάνυ εὐπορῶν τοῦ πολλὰ λέγειν περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἢ ἴσως οὐδὲν αὐτῷ μέλον τοῦ τοιούτου.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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