From a book categorized as Philosophy / General and 487 pages follows a description and a number of hidden haikus found in the book:
Long regarded as the most accurate rendering of Plato’s Republic that has yet been published, this widely acclaimed work is the first strictly literal translation of a timeless classic. This second edition includes a new introduction by Professor Bloom, whose careful translation and interpretation of The Republic was first published in 1968. In addition to the corrected text itself there is also a rich and valuable essay—as well as indexes—which will better enable the reader to approach the heart of Plato’s intention.
Their principal food
is meal and flour, and they drink
in moderation.
But does he therefore
confer no benefit when
he works for nothing?
Whether he would or
would not be able, I said,
is not to the point.
And yet not so well
as with a pruning-hook made
for the purpose? True.
Yes, he said, the tools
which would teach men their own use
would be beyond price.
All these qualities,
he replied, will certainly
be required by them.
Next in order will
follow melody and song.
That is obvious.
But do you know whom
I think good? Will you tell me?
I will, if I can.
And being perfect,
is therefore wise and valiant
and temperate and just.
I mean that courage
is a kind of salvation.
Salvation of what?
Do you see that there
is a way in which you could
make them all yourself?