The ‘practical’ man, as this word is often used, is one who recognizes only material needs, who realizes that men must have food for the body, but is oblivious of the necessity of providing food for the mind.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The ‘practical’ man, as this word is often used, is one who recognizes only material needs, who realizes that men must have food for the body, but is oblivious of the necessity of providing food for the mind." in the context of "Bertrand Russell, Problems of Philosophy, Chapter XV “The Value of Philosophy”" to mean that wisdom is timeless.