# Freethought and Freedom: Miracles and Edward Gibbon

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/freethought-and-freedom-miracles-and-edward-gibbon>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** November 15, 2017

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George H. Smith explains why Edward Gibbon rejected miraculous accounts in his masterpiece, _The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire_.

George H. Smith explains why Edward Gibbon rejected miraculous accounts in his masterpiece, _The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire_.

[Originally published in essay form on April 10, 2015.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/freethought-freedom-miracles-edward-gibbon)