In the contemporary climate of academic specialization, the typical university lecturer of only two centuries ago, who was expected to (i)____________ views on subjects as diverse as geography, physics, and the fine arts, seems a veritable (ii)____________, and we forget at our peril that it was precisely such breadth of learning that led to some of the great discoveries and even (iii)____________ shifts in the sciences, as when Darwin drew upon his knowledge of philosophy and economics to articulate his famous theory of evolution. A. propound B. astrophysicist C. hegemonic D. gainsay E. polymath F. paradigmatic G. delineate H. autodidact I. minuscule