Many imagine philosophy apparelled in a toga walking about the Greek agora, (i)______________ questions of great import; yet philosophy (ii) ______________ today, only we have traded the agora for the Internet: many online venues exist in which the intellectually curious discuss the very same questions that once reverberated through the open air of Athens’ marketplaces.
holding forth on
disproving
dismissing
continues to be imperilled
is very much alive
remains esoteric