Emerge carrying dram left for philosopher (9)
I believe the answer is:
aristotle
'philosopher' is the definition.
(I know that Aristotle is a philosopher)
'emerge carrying dram left for' is the wordplay.
'emerge' becomes 'arise' (I've seen this before).
'carrying' indicates putting letters inside.
'dram' becomes 'tot' (I've seen this in another clue).
'left for' becomes 'l' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'tot'+'l'='totl'
'arise' enclosing 'totl' is 'ARISTOTLE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aristotle that I've seen before include "Ancient Greek philosopher" , "Old Greek teacher" , "Peripatetic teacher" , "Philosopher - treats oil (anag)" , "noted thinker" .)