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Informationen zum Autor George Campbell, was born in Floridia on November 12, 1970. Soon after finishing school, he decided to self-taught children's graphic representations. A true lover for young children, he decided to write stories for their reading education. A Young Writer, practicing his hobby and educating all-around. Klappentext Published in 1776, this is a classic two-volume work on rhetorical theory by a leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment. Zusammenfassung Published in 1776, this is a classic two-volume work on rhetorical theory by a leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment. George Campbell (1719–96) was particularly interested in the effect of successful rhetoric upon the mind, combining classical theory with the latest thinking in the social, behavioural and natural sciences. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; Part I. The Nature and Foundations of Eloquence: 1. Eloquence in the largest acceptation defined; 2. Of wit, humour, and ridicule; 3. The doctrine of the preceding chapter defended; 4. Of the relation which eloquence bears to logic and to grammar; 5. Of the different sources of evidence, and the different subjects to which they are respectively adapted; 6. Of the nature and use of the scholastic art of syllogising; 7. Of the consideration which the speaker ought to have of the hearers as men in general; 8. Of the consideration which the speaker ought to have of the hearers as men in particular; 9. Of the consideration which the speaker ought to have of himself; 10. The different kinds of public speaking in use among the moderns, compared, with a view to their different advantages in respect of eloquence; 11. Of the cause of that pleasure which we receive from objects or representations that excite pity and other painful feelings; Part II. The Foundations and Essential Properties of Elocution: 1. The nature and characters of the use which gives law to languages; 2. The nature and use of verbal criticism, with its principal canons; 3. Of grammatical purity; 4. Some grammatical doubts in regard to English construction stated and examined....
