George Campbell (minister)
George Campbell | |
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| Born | 25 December 1719 Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Died | 6 April 1796 (aged 76) Aberdeen, Scotland |
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| Philosophical work | |
| 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.