I remember a man whom I knew when I was young, who was small, anaemic, and timid, but used to proclaim himself an anarchist. He never realised that his whole existence depended upon police protection, or that in a world without government he would be robbed of all his possessions and left to starve.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I remember a man whom I knew when I was young, who was small, anaemic, and timid, but used to proclaim himself an anarchist. He never realised that his whole existence depended upon police protection, or that in a world without government he would be robbed of all his possessions and left to starve." in the context of "Bertrand Russell, "Back to Nature?" (30 April 1934), in Mortals and Others: American Essays, 1931-1935 (1998), p. 111" to mean that wisdom is timeless.