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?????????? ?????? ( ?????? : Edward Gibbon ) ( 27 ?????? ?.?. 1737 ^[1] - ( 16 ?????? ?.?. 1794 ) ?????????? ?????????? ???????????????? ?????????????????? ????????? ???????????????????????????????????? ????????? “ ????????????????????????????????????????????????? ” (The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire) ??????????????????????????????????? ?.?. 1776 ????? ?.?. 1788 ??????? “ ??????????????????????????? ” ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ^[2]

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↑ Gibbon's birthday is April 27, 1737 of the old style (O.S.) Julian calendar; England adopted the new style (N.S.) Gregorian calendar in 1752, and thereafter Gibbon's birthday was celebrated on May 8, 1737, N.S.
↑ The most recent and also the first critical edition, in three volumes, is that of David Womersley. For commentary on Gibbon's irony and insistence on primary sources whenever available, see Womersley, "Introduction". While the larger part of Gibbon's caustic view of Christianity is declared within the text of chapters XV and XVI, Gibbon rarely neglects to note its baleful influence throughout the remaining volumes of the Decline and Fall .

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[1] Gibbon's birthday is April 27, 1737 of the old style (O.S.) Julian calendar; England adopted the new style (N.S.) Gregorian calendar in 1752, and thereafter Gibbon's birthday was celebrated on May 8, 1737, N.S.

[2] The most recent and also the first critical edition, in three volumes, is that of David Womersley. For commentary on Gibbon's irony and insistence on primary sources whenever available, see Womersley, "Introduction". While the larger part of Gibbon's caustic view of Christianity is declared within the text of chapters XV and XVI, Gibbon rarely neglects to note its baleful influence throughout the remaining volumes of the Decline and Fall .

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