Line penned by Scottish philosopher and poet (5)

I believe the answer is:

hulme

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'poet' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'line penned by scottish philosopher' is the wordplay.
'line' becomes 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem).
'penned by' is an insertion indicator.
'scottish philosopher' becomes 'hume' (I've seen this before).
'l' placed within 'hume' is 'HULME'.

'and' acts as a link.

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I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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