### Clue: One against soprano touching Hoskins up is a philosopher (7)
### Answer: EMERSON 
 ### Explanation: Definition: a philosopher
 **Reversal of**(… up, in a down clue) [ NO(a vote against;one against) + S(abbrev. for "soprano") + RE(with reference to;touching on) + ME(the setter, Hoskins, self-referentially) ].
Answer: …, Ralph Waldo, American philosopher.