George Campbell Rhetorical Analysis

George Campbell is a rhetorician born on Christmas day in 1719 in Scotland. Campbell would attend Marischal College where he would gain proficiency in metaphysics, pneumanology, ethics, physics, then called natural philosophy, and logic. He would graduate in the year 1738 and become an apprentice at law. While he was learning law he also picked up an interest in theology attending lectures at Edenburgh. After completing the apprenticeship Campbell decided to dive into the world of the minister. Campbell would attain his preaching license in only one year. From here he would embark on his lifelong journey of translating the Bible from Greek. He would also start the “Wise Man” Club of Aberdeen. Spending all his time in academic communities Campbell …show more content…
This was called the “theory of eloquence”. In the eyes of George Campbell there were but two schools of reasoning: scientific and moral. Scientific reasoning deals with that which can be concretely observed and of which an absolute truth can be derived. On the other hand, moral reasoning deals with that which is not concrete and that which only a probable truth can be settled on. Campbell was of the opinion that one should focus on the moral school of reasoning because people are more likely to make a decision on their emotions than their reason. People are a lot more passionate about emotions than facts it’s nearly imposable to move nations with statistics; However many are swayed by a passionate speaker who uses those statistics and appeals to their emotions and