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George Campbell
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

George Campbell

Aberdeen, 1719 - 1796, Aberdeen
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BiographyGeorge 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.
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