Here, after a quarter century of additional study and reflection, Bitzer presents a new critical edition of George Campbell s classic.

Bitzer provides a more complete review and assessment of Campbell s work, giving particular emphasis to Campbell s theological views, which he demonstrates played an important part in Campbell s overall view of reasoning, feeling, and moral and religious truth.

The "Rhetoric "is widely regarded as the most important statement of a theory of rhetoric produced in the 18th century. Its importance lies, in part, in the fact that the theory is informed by the...