35. ἀλλὰ τόδε: sc. διαφέρει. οὐδὲν διαφέρει does not of course mean ‘there is no difference’, but ‘it doesn't matter’.
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46. δέος, φόβος δ᾽ οὔ. Prodicus' distinction is just, though
often dropped in practice: in φόβος ‘the physical agitation due
to present danger (ἡ παραυτίκα πτόησις, says Ammonius) is the
leading idea’, in δέος the apprehension of evil to come (κακοῦ
ὑπόνοια). See note on Euthyphr. 12B, where Plato implicitly
recognises the difference.
Plato. Protagoras. J. Adam & A. M. Adam. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1893.
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