He is not less ideal in many passages of the Laws than in the Gorgias or Republic.

But his wings are heavy, and he is unequal to any sustained flight.
There is more attempt at dramatic effect in the first book than in the later parts of the work.

The outburst of martial spirit in the Lacedaemonian, 'O best of men'; the protest which the Cretan makes against the supposed insult to his lawgiver; the cordial acknowledgment on the part of both of them that laws should not be discussed publicly by those who live under their rule; the difficulty which they alike experience in following the speculations of the Athenian, are highly characteristic.
In the second book, Plato pursues further his notion of educating by a right use of pleasure.

He begins by conceiving an endless power of youthful life, which is to be reduced to rule and measure by harmony and rhythm.

Men differ from the lower animals in that they are capable of musical discipline.