...some others of that strain, it is ambitious enough to be employed as an UNDERLABOURER in clearing the ground a little, and removing some of the rubbish that lies in the way of knowledge.2 1. James 1948, 159. Many thanks to Davis Baird, Randy Harris, and Joshua Lederberg for...

...some others ofthat strain, it is ambition enough to be employed as an under-labourer in clearing the ground a little, and removing some of the rubbish that lies in the way of knowledge. (Locke, 1690/1924, p. 6) A modern scholar wrote: It is no exaggeration to say that from...

...and in an age that produces such masters as the great Hitygenius and the incomparable Mr. Newton ... it is ambition enough to be employed as an under-labourer...of the rubbish that lies in the way to knowledge. (Locke, Essay, vol. I, xxxv) When Isaac Newton died in 1727 attempts to explain and communicate his...

...discharge their earthly offices. Herein lay the enormous appeal of Locke's image of the philosopher as 'an Under-Labourer in clearing Ground a little,...of the Rubbish, that lies in the way to Knowledge', so as to beat a path for the true 'master-builders' - that is, such scientists as Robert Boyle, Thomas...

...and the Incomparable Mr. Newton, with some other of that strain; 'tis Ambition enough to be imploy'd as an Under-Labourer in clearing Ground a little,...removing some of the Rubbish that lies in the Way to Knowledg." The view of the reformed natural philosopher/scientist as the master builder and the philosopher...

...some others of that strain, it is ambition enough to be employed as an under-laborer in clearing the ground a little, and removing some of the rubbish that lies in the way to knowledge. quoted in ISS: 3-4 According to the "underlaborer" view, there is no area of investigation peculiar...

...some others of that Strain; 'tis ambition enough to be employed as an Under-Labourer in clearing the ground a little, and removing some of the Rubbish, that lies in the way to Knowledge..."4 The philosopher had, Locke implied, a quite different role to play from that of the...

...for social science (Bhaskar 1989a). The Lockean conception of underlabouring involves 'clearing the ground a little, and removing some of the rubbish that lies in the way of knowledge' (Locke 1894: 14), so that the builders of science can go about their task less encumbered....

...designs, in advancing the sciences, will leave lasting monuments to the admiration of posterity...; 'tis ambition enough to be employed as an under-labourer...of the rubbish that lies in the way to knowledge.' An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689), Epistle to the Reader. the place where a society constitutes...

...position of power. Such misogyny can often reveal a weakness in the philosophi72. John Locke says, "'tis Ambition enough to be employed as an Under-Labourer...of the Rubbish, that lies in the way to Knowledge." An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979), p. 10. 73. Le Dœuff,...