drives everyone before it What does "drives everyone before it" mean here? Context: And all but the most corrupt share the same desire to find some kind of truth about the structures, behaviours and contexts of the phenomena they study within their specialisms, even if they have to stay prepared for revolutionary changes of perspective. Anything does not ‘go’ and the hopefully impartial views of other experts are critical. And the quest for knowledge, real knowledge, drives everyone before it.