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44 ff. ἂν συνεχώρησας, συγχωρήσαις ἄν: the time is pushed into the fut. pf. by the previous βεβασανισμένον ἔσται, and standing on this assumed plane, Socrates uses naturally the unreal past. The second clause is, as the αὖ shows, a second thought, and being of general application, is put into the ideal (potential) optative. The whole sentence shows the narrow line that separates between unreality and ideality.
τέλος τῆς ἀληθείας ἕξει: the gen., as in the Homeric phrases τέλος γάμοιο, θανάτοιο. Every effort must be directed to a terminus or completion. Here the end is perfect truth.
καλλίστη: refers to its value. It yields a rich return.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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