36. ἅπαντος. Schanz reads παντός on account of παντί following: but Plato frequently interchanges ἅπας and πᾶς; see on Euthyphr. 9E. It is natural that the more emphatic form ἅπαντος should come first.
38. ἢ μὴ εἶναι πόλεις. ἤ = alioquin is regular with δεῖ, προσήκει, and the like, in the preceding clause: cf. below 323c ἢ μὴ εἶναι ἐν ἀνθρώποις and 325A
αὕτη—τούτου αἰτία: asyndeton as in 318Aτοσοῦτος ὅ γε ἡμέτερος λόγος.
39. ὡς τῷ ὄντι ἡγοῦνται. The presence of τῷ ὄντι, as Sauppe remarks, shows that ὡς depends on τεκμήριον in l. 42: cf. below, 324Cὡς μὲν οὖν εἰκότως ἀποδέχονται—ἀποδέδεικταί σοι.
