[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].