Labour, division of, 2. 370, 374 A; 3. 394 E, 395 B, 397 E; 4. 423 E, 433 A, 435 A, 441 E, 443, 453 B [cp. Laws 8. 846, 847].
Lacedaemon, owes its good order to Lycurgus, 10. 599 E;
—constitution of, commonly extolled, 8. 544 D; a timocracy, ib. 545 B:
—Lacedaemonians first after the Cretans to strip in the gymnasia, 5. 452 D.
Lachesis, turns the spindle of Necessity together with Clotho and Atropos, 10. 617 C; her speech, ib. D; apportions a genius to each soul, ib. 620 D.
Lamentation over the dead, to be checked, 3. 387.
Lands, partition of, proclaimed by the would-be tyrant, 8. 565 E, 566 E.
Language, pliability of, 9. 588 D [cp. Soph. 277 B].
Laughter not to be allowed in the guardians, 3. 388 [cp. Laws 5. 732; 11. 935]; nor represented in the gods, ib. 389.
Laws, may be given in error, 1. 339 E; supposed to arise from a convention among mankind, 2. 359 A; cause of, 3. 405; on special subjects of little use, 4. 425, 426 [cp. Laws 7. 788]; treated with contempt in democracies, 8. 563 E; bring help to all in the state, 9. 590.
Lawyers, increase when wealth abounds, 4. 405 A.
Learning, pleasure of, 6. 486 C (cp. 9. 581, 586).
Legislation, cannot reach the minutiae of life, 4. 425, 426; requires the help of God, ib. 425 E. Cp. Laws.