Traditions can have genuine historical continuity even when systematized or codified later, as Hobsbawm's 'invention of tradition' framework itself acknowledges layered authentic antecedents.

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Authentic antecedents(as describing the real historical roots beneath codified traditions): Real, genuine earlier versions or origins of something that came before; the true roots that something grew from.
Codified(as used in ethics): Written down as a fixed set of rules that always apply the same way; made into a simple formula or checklist.
Historical continuity(as the main subject of the statement): When something (like a tradition, practice, or belief) maintains a connected, unbroken line of existence and influence from the past to the present.
Hobsbawm(as the scholar whose framework is being discussed): Eric Hobsbawm was a 20th-century historian who studied how societies create and preserve traditions; he's famous for arguing that many traditions we think are ancient were actually invented or shaped more recently.
Invention of tradition(as Hobsbawm's main concept): The idea that traditions we assume are ancient and unchanged are often actually created, modified, or formally organized at specific moments in history to serve present needs.
knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.): Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.

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