In practice, this meant he spent years wandering around Greek cities with nothing but a cloak, staff, and knapsack— outdoors year-round, forgoing technology, baths, and cooked food.
In that case I represent the mother of a five-year-old Yazidi child who was enslaved, chained outdoors to a window and left to slowly die of thirst in the scorching heat.
" needless to say" means: I do not need to tell you this, but people say: " I really enjoy camping. Needless to say, I like the outdoors." So if something is needless to say, why are you saying it?