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"publishedAt": "2026-03-04T20:43:34.000Z",
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"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"
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