{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "bskyPostRef": {
    "cid": "bafyreiazk3yysxojgjb7vvzxriwagtzmong4czx53modtz4vijjtp2ee3q",
    "uri": "at://did:plc:42p5ujmfj6qapzc4ixx4t4xw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgbkiihodib2"
  },
  "coverImage": {
    "$type": "blob",
    "ref": {
      "$link": "bafkreid7ww73rnxwk75opljp7epe7rp5nag4qaaq6ghp3gyvbj7mngjwpu"
    },
    "mimeType": "image/png",
    "size": 7696
  },
  "path": "/p/an-oblique-digression-on-david-humes",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-04T20:43:34.000Z",
  "site": "https://digressionsimpressions.substack.com",
  "textContent": "Yesterday (recall), in a comment on the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion 12.23, I noted how Hume and Smith rely occasionally on Polybius for claims about the relative merits of Greek and Roman institutions.",
  "title": "An Oblique Digression on David Hume's Teachings on Esotericism"
}