LATITUDE.—All goods and evils partake of latitude and altitude, and according to latitude have their genera, and according to altitude their degrees, [478].
LAW.—Divine law and rational are one law, [276]. How the declaration, that no one can fulfil the law, is to be understood, [528].
LEAVE his father and mother, to, Gen. ii. 4; Matt. xix. 45, signifies to divest himself of the proprium of the will and of the understanding, [194].
LEFT, the, signifies truth, [316].
LEOPARDS in the spiritual world represent the falsities and depraved inclinations of the inhabitants to those things which pertain to idolatrous worship, [79]. Those who only read the Word, and imbibe thence nothing of doctrine, but confirm false principles, appear like leopards, [78].
LIBERALITY is one of those virtues which have respect to life, and enter into it, [164].
LIBERTY.—See [Rationality] and [Liberty].
LIBRARIES in the spiritual world, [207].