Robert Campbell Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Today (March 18) is Tibor Machan's birthday. Robert Campbell (Note from MSK: Sadly, Tibor passed away on March 24. The title of this thread has been altered to mention his passing.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Wow! Thank you, Robert, for shaking the dust off a little used Corner of Insight. I like it (just as I like Tibor). Happy birthday, Tibor! Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Bissell Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Tibor is 77 today. Yay, Tibor! REB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyau Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Keep up the good work, Tibor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Bissell Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 10 hours ago, Guyau said: Keep up the good work, Tibor! One guess as to the name of the county in Southern California that Tibor lives in. (Hint: think Donald Trump's skin color. ) REB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I just saw a notice from Jim Peron on Facebook. Tibor Machan passed away today. There's no official announcement yet, but Tom Palmer showed up and confirmed it. RIP, Tibor. We were never close, but Kat and I held real love for you. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Bissell Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I am so sad, and I know Becky will be too, once I am able to tell her about it. (I'm visiting family in Iowa, and it's past midnight back home in Tennessee.) We visited back and forth with Tibor, and he was always an enjoyable dinner companion, as well as a great cook! (His schnitzel recipe was killer!) Tibor was also one of my earliest supporters, encouraging me and publishing me when possible in his journal, Reason Papers . And he was probably the most prolific Objectivist-Libertarian I know, with the possible exception of Murray Rothbard. Tibor wrote a lot, and he was a tireless champion for reason and liberty. Farewell, my friend. REB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Good man and a real thinker. We lose another giant messenger... R.I.P. A... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaalChatzaf Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Get used to it, guys. I have buried more old friends, than have made new ones. It is the sad but necessary legacy of advancing time. The Second Law of Thermodynamics is true and altogether necessary. Progress is possible only if the major processes of life are irreversible. R.I.P. Tibor. Ba'al Chatzaf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Campbell Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 I'd just heard from Tibor on his birthday, under a week ago. He was indeed tireless. If he thought he could advance the cause of liberty by writing something, he wrote it. If by giving a speech, he went and gave it. If I ran into Tibor at a conference, I always knew it would be a good one. Robert Campbell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algernonsidney Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 I'll always remember that many people who call themselves Objectivists wanted to go to war with everybody after 9-11. Tibor was one of the few voices of reason, and thus a voice for peace as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyau Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 “In my memoir, The Man Without a Hobby (2004), I quote from a letter Rand wrote me back in 1962. It goes like this: ‘. . . I want to stress, as the most important advice I can give you, that no matter what intellectual errors you may make in the future, do not ever accept the idea that rationality is evil or that it can ever be proper to discard your mind. So long as you hold this as an absolute, you will be safe, no matter what errors you make. But if one doubts or rejects one’s own mind, one commits an act of spiritual suicide and the greatest evil possible to man.’” –Tibor On January 7, 2012 at 6:43 AM, Guyau said: Reality, Reason, and Rights (Lexington 2011) This festschrift for Tibor Machan has been a long time in the making, and it appears it will have been worth the wait. It looks to be a collection living up to the caliber of Tibor's philosophical achievements. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Note from David Kelley, from Chris Sciabarra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyau Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 . Celebrating the Life of Tibor Machan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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