Leontius, story of, 4. 439 E.
Lethe, 10. 621.
Letters, image of the large and small, 2. 368; 3. 402 A.
Liberality, one of the virtues of the philosopher, 6. 485 E.
Liberty, characteristic of democracy, 8. 557 B, 561–563.
Licence, begins in music, 4. 424 E [cp. Laws 3. 701 B]; in democracies, 8. 562 D.
Licentiousness forbidden, 5. 458.
- Lie, a, hateful to the philosopher, 6. 490 C (cp. supra 486 E);
—the true lie and the lie in words, 2. 382;
—the royal lie (γενναίον ψεῦδος), 3. 414;
—rulers of the state may lie, 2. 382; 3. 389 A, 414 C; 5. 459 D;
—the Gods not to be represented as lying, 2. 382;
—lies of the poets, ib. 377 foll.; 3. 386, 408 B (cp. 10. 597 foll.).
Life in the early state, 2. 372;
—loses its zest in old age, 1. 329 A; full of evils, 2. 379 C; intolerable without virtue, 4. 445; shortness of, compared to eternity, 10. 608 D;
—the life of virtue toilsome, 2. 364 D;
—the just or the unjust, which is the more advantageous? ib. 347 foll.;
—three kinds of lives among men, 9. 581;
—life of women ought to resemble that of men, 5. 451 foll. [cp. Laws 7. 804 E];
—the necessities of life, 2. 369, 373 A;
—the prime of life, 5. 460 E.
Light, 6. 507 E. Cp. Sight, Vision.
Light and heavy, 5. 479; 7. 524.