Rhetorical Style and Bourgeois Virtue

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Works

Definitions and Introductions

1 John Locke on Clarity

2 Adam Smith on Probity

3 Hugh Blair on Moderation

4 Herbert Spencer on Economy

Conclusions and Provocations

Notes

Bibliography

Index

“A learned, provocative, impressive book. For scholars in eighteenth century, it is a must read.”

—Arthur Walzer, The Quarterly Journal of Speech