The Liberal of the 18th Century

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Aaron Alexander Zubia joins the podcast to discuss his new book The Political Thought of David Hume: The Origins of Liberalism and the Modern Political Imagination.

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Image by Google Cultural Institute on Picryl, licensed via Creative Commons. Image cropped.

Music by Frederic Chopin licensed via Creative Commons. Tracks reorganized, duplicated, and edited. 

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