Edward Gibbon
Where The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was mentioned: 6 timestamped quotes from 6 episodes across 2 podcasts.
“So much so that when Gibbon is writing The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in multiple volumes, in the late 18th century he says that there's”
Machiavelli is the most misunderstood thinker of all time – Ada Palmer · Dwarkesh Podcast
“told me about Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Haven't read it.”
How to Write Ridiculously Well (Morgan Housel Interview) · How I Write
“There's a bunch of questions I have about this. If you read Gibbon, writing in the 1770s, I think he says that the happiest time in human history was this period you're talking about. That”
Why Rome actually fell: plagues, slavery, & ice age — Kyle Harper · Dwarkesh Podcast
“take a book like Gibbons, the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Okay,”
“read the decline and fall of the Roman Empire by Gibb and I'm reading it and at”
How to Write Well (in a Distracting World) — Ted Gioia · How I Write
“he publishes in 1776, The Wealth of Nations. And basically, around that time, Gibbon publishes the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Yep. So he publishes The Decline and Fall of the Roman”
Tyler Cowen — Hayek, Keynes, & Smith on AI, animal spirits, anarchy, & growth · Dwarkesh Podcast