George Campbell (minister)

George Campbell
Born25 December 1719 (1719-12-25)
Aberdeen, Scotland
Died6 April 1796 (1796-04-07) (aged 76)
Aberdeen, Scotland
Alma mater
EraEnlightenment
RegionScotland
SchoolEmpiricism/enlightenment
Main interests
Rhetoric, theology, language, common sense, human nature, faculty psychology, religion, Christian apologetics
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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.