by Arthur E. Walzer
Southern Illinois University Press, 2003
Paper: 978-0-7914-5578-4 | Cloth: 978-0-7914-5577-7 | eISBN: 978-0-8093-8624-6
Library of Congress Classification PN173.C33W35 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification 808

ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.