Synopsis
This introductory book on George Campbell discusses details of his life and his intellectual milieu, including his role in the Scottish Enlightenment in Aberdeen. In addition, Arthur E. Walzer provides a thorough examination of Campbell's Philosophy of Rhetoric, the most important work in rhetorical theory of the Enlightenment. Brief analyses of Campbell's Dissertation on Miracles and Lectures on Pulpit Eloquence are also given.
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Arthur E. Walzer is Associate Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. He is the coeditor (with Alan G. Gross) of Rereading Aristotle's Rhetoric.
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This introductory book on George Campbell discusses details of his life and his intellectual milieu, including his role in the Scottish Enlightenment in Aberdeen. In addition, Arthur E. Walzer provides a thorough examination of Campbell's Philosophy of Rhetoric, the most important work in rhetorical theory of the Enlightenment. Brief analyses of Campbell's Dissertation on Miracles and Lectures on Pulpit Eloquence are also given.
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George Campbell: Rhetoric in the Age of Enlightenment
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State University of New York Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0791455785
ISBN 13: 9780791455784
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