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δύναμιν καὶ τέχνην . . . μάθῃ καὶ ἀσκήσῃ: an example of chiasmus. Knowledge is preserved and strengthened by practice.
ὡς . . . ἀδικήσει: the causal use of ὡς is not common. See Kr. 65, 8; H. 925.αὐτά: for the neut. pl. referring to two preceding fem. sings. see Kr. 58, 3, 5; H. 630, 633.
13 f. τί οὐκ . . . ἀπεκρίνω: see on 503 b.
βουλόμενον: for the usual ἑκόντα, in order not to diminish the contrast between δύναμις and βούλησις. Besides, it has just been shown to Polus that he who does wrong does only what seems to him good, not what he wishes, because the wish is always for the good.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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