Essays about: "John Simmons"

Found 2 essays containing the words John Simmons.

  1. 1. A possible defense of philosophical anarchism : An examination of whether A. John Simmons' philosophical anarchism can withstand Luara Ferracioli's counterargument

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Elias Grabka; [2022]
    Keywords : Anarchism; Legitimacy; Justification; John Simmons; Luara Ferracioli;

    Abstract : The philosopher A. John Simmons has early on put forward a defense for philosophical anarchism. He believes that he has succeeded to establish that the different non-voluntaristic attempts to explain state legitimacy all fail to give a solid explanation of how states can be legitimate without expressed consent. READ MORE

  2. 2. The Romantic Poet in the Imaginary Future - John Keats in the Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Author : Christian Gräslund; [2014]
    Keywords : Dan Simmons; The Hyperion Cantos; John Keats’spoetry and letters; intertextuality; empathy; beauty; love; humanism;

    Abstract : The four novels Hyperion, The Fall ofHyperion, Endymionand The Rise of Endymionconstitute the Hyperion Cantosby the American science fiction writer Dan Simmons. Thisgalactic-empire,epic,science fictionnarrative containsa plethora ofliterary references. The dominant part comes from the nineteenth-century Romantic poet John Keats. READ MORE