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]. 360
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].