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George Campbell | |
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Born | 25 December 1719 Aberdeen, Scotland |
Died | 6 April 1796 Aberdeen, Scotland | (aged 76)
Alma mater | |
Era | Enlightenment |
Region | Scotland |
School | Empiricism/enlightenment |
Main interests | Rhetoric, theology, language, common sense, human nature, faculty psychology, religion, Christian apologetics |
George Campbell FRSE (25 December 1719 – 6 April 1796) was a Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, minister, and professor of divinity. Campbell was primarily interested in rhetoric, since he believed that its study would enable his students to become better preachers. He became a philosopher of rhetoric because he took it that the philosophical changes of the Age of Enlightenment would have implications for rhetoric.