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ὀρθότατα. See cr. n. Vind. F has ὀρθώτατ᾽ ἄν, Vind. E ὀρθότατ᾽ ἄῤ: otherwise there is no variant. Schneider alone retains ἂν—λέγεις, but fails to justify the solecism. ὀρθότατ᾽ ἂν—λέγοις, which Hermann and Stallbaum take from Ξ and Flor. V, does not suit the situation here, as κάλλιστα ἂν λέγοις does in Laws 897 E. Both here and in Laws 656 A (where A has ὀρθότατα λέγοις) the simplest correction is ὀρθότατα λέγεις. For the error see Introd. § 5. ἐξελέγξωμεν. Richards proposes ἐξελεγχθῶμεν, but the hortatory subjunctive is quite out of place with the passive here. See also on VII 534 C.
The Republic of Plato. James Adam. 1902. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
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