ἥττω εἶναι αὑτοῦ: less precise than the former expression ἡδονῆς ἡττᾶσθαι etc., but this marks the unreasonableness of the supposed experience. Cf. 352 b ff.
τοῦτο: repeats with emphasis τὸ ἥττω εἶναι αὑτοῦ.
ἀντὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν: ‘brachylogy’ for ἀντὶ τοῦ ἰέναι ἐπὶ τὰ ἀγαθά. Cf. Symp. 195 c νέος μὲν οὖν ἐστί: πρὸς δὲ τῷ νέῳ ἁπαλός (and besides being young, tender), Theaet. 185 e καλὸς γὰρ εἶ: πρὸς δὲ τῷ καλῷ εὖ ἐποίησάς με, Phil. 41 c οὐκοῦν τὸ μὲν ἐπιθυμοῦν ἦν ἡ ψυχὴ τῶν τοῦ σώματος ἐναντίων ἕξεων, i.e. τῶν ἐναντίων τῶν τοῦ σώματος ἕξεων it was the soul then, that desired the states opposite to those of the body, Hdt. ii. 134 (Μυκερῖνος) πυραμίδα . . . ἀπελίπετο πολλὸν ἐλάσσω τοῦ πατρός i.e. τῆς τοῦ πατρός.
