1. ἀφροσύνην τι καλεῖς. See above on 330C
3. πότερον δὲ ὅταν. Here begins the proof that σωφροσύνη is
ἐναντίον ἀφροσύνῃ. (1) τὸ ὀρθῶς and ὠφελίμως πράττειν is σωφρονεῖν,
and σωφροσύνη is that by which one σωφρονεῖ; (2) τὸ μὴ
ὀρθῶς πράττειν is ἀφρόνως πράττειν and οὐ σωφρονεῖν: from which
it is inferred that ἀφρόνως πράττειν is the opposite of σωφρόνως
πράττειν, or (as is worked out at inordinate length) that ἀφροσύνη
is the opposite of σωφροσύνη. In equating μὴ ὀρθῶς with
ἀφρόνως πράττειν in (2) Socrates again confounds contradictory
and contrary: see on 331A
5. ἢ τοὐναντίον. So Stallbaum, after Heindorf's ἢ τοὐναντίον
πράττειν: the MSS. have ἢ εἰ τοὐναντίον ἔπραττον, which is faulty
both because it in no way corresponds to the answer σωφρονεῖν and
because εἰ with the imperfect is here unsuitable. In ἢ τοὐναντίον
it will be observed that Socrates already allows no middle position
between σωφρονεῖν and its opposite: see above on l. 3.
Plato. Protagoras. J. Adam & A. M. Adam. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1893.
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