Jean-Francois Revel (1924-2006)

Jean-Francois Revel has died, a loss to all mankind.

• Relapsed Catholic point us to a comprehensive obituary in The Telegraph

  Jean-Francois Revel, who died on Saturday aged 82, was almost unique among French philosophers in being a champion of economic liberalism and an outspoken critic of the anti-Americanism of European intellectuals - particularly French ones.

• Barcepundit

  One of the last few good men in the European intelligentsia has left us. Rest in peace, master.

• The Brussels Journal