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Edward Gibbon

(27 Apr 1737 - 16 Jan 1794)

English historian.

Science Quotes by Edward Gibbon (1)

The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular.

— Edward Gibbon

Memoirs of my Life (1774) ed. G. A. Bonnard (1966), 188.

See also: | Fallacy (4) | Probability (33)

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