Publisher's Synopsis
This book emphasizes the unity of Plato's Parmenides, as it combines an examination of an abstract theory of relations with a drama which grounds the dialogue existentially. It argues that Parmenides' criticisms of Socrates' theory of ideas make necesssary the more far reaching theory of relations upon which our thought about what is is ultimately grounded. The whole analysis is based upon a theory of meaning and has ontological implications about existence. The core of the argument consists of a philosophical grammar, whose basic abstract relations are grammatical.
