59. πολλοί γέ φασιν. In Rep. I. 348B ff., Thrasymachus
asserts that ἀδικία is εὐβουλία, ἀρετή, καλόν and ἰσχυρόν: compare
also Polus in Gorg. 469B ff. Notice that Protagoras' own opinion
—that ἀδικία is not compatible with σωφροσύνη—makes for the
identification of δικαιοσύνη and σωφροσύνη.
62. τὸν τῶν πολλῶν: on account of the τῶν here, Heindorf
wished to insert οἱ before πολλοί in l. 59, but such a view could
hardly be said to be held by the majority: cf. Rep. I. 348E εἰ γὰρ
λυσιτελεῖν μὲν τὴν ἀδικίαν ἐτίθεσο, κακίαν μέντοι ἢ αἰσχπὸν αὐτὸ
ὡμολόγεις εἶναι ὥσρεπ ἄλλοι τινές, εἴχομεν ἄν τι λέγειν κατὰ τὰ
νομιζόμενα λέγοντες κτλ. As Sauppe points out, the article τῶν
refers only to the above-mentioned πολλοί. With the situation
cf. Rep. VII. 527E ff. σκόπει οὖν αὐτόθεν πρὸς ποτέρους διαλέγει: ἢ
οὐ ρπὸς οὐδετέπους ἀλλὰ σαυτοῦ ἕνεκα τὸ μέγιστον ροιεῖ τοὺς λόγους,
φθονοῖς μὴν οὐδ᾽ ἂν ἄλλω̣ εἴ τίς τι δύναιτο ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ὄνασθαι;
63. εἴτ᾽ οὖν—εἴτε: see on Apol. 34E.
Plato. Protagoras. J. Adam & A. M. Adam. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1893.
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