Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias

αὐτὸ μὲν γὰρ κτἑ.: the fear of death Socrates declares also in the Apology to be due to the worst kind of ignorance,—that which thinks it knows what it does not know. “Death is commonly considered an evil, although no one knows but that it is the greatest good (Apol. 29 a, 37 b). On the other hand, evil is to be greatly feared for its consequences, both here and hereafter.” τὸ ἀποθνῄσκειν is the “act of dying,” τὸ τεθνάναι, the resulting condition, death, which latter Socrates discusses in Apol. 40 c.

ἀλόγιστος: cf. Apol. 37 c οὕτως ἀλόγιστος . . . ὥστε μὴ δύνασθαι λογίζεσθαι.

λόγον: denotes here, not a dialectical proof, but a “story,” a “tale.” Cf. λογογράφος. κατὰ τὰ λεγόμενα is used in the same way in Apol. 40 c.

ἄκουε δή: a solemn be