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"This is a very good book. It is provocative and controversial, but it advances our understanding of Plato's metaphysics. Silverman tells a complicated story well. The book is clear, and provides both overviews and summaries that help a reader work through the intricate arguments. One of its real strengths is in treating Plato as a working philosopher who has important and interesting things to say about metaphysics. The reader is deeply engaged as a philosophical comrade-in-arms working through tough problems along with Silverman, and Plato."--Patricia Curd, Purdue University
Review Quotes: "A significant, substantial and original addition to Platonic scholarship. . . . [It] provides a coherent and approachable explanation of the development of Plato's metaphysical system."---S.A. Burgess, Bryn Mawr Classical Review