Miriam Galston

**Miriam Galston**
Miriam Galston
Born	1946
Education	University of Chicago (Ph.D.)
Spouse(s)	William A. Galston
Awards	Farabi Award
Era	21st-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Islamic philosophy
Institutions	George Washington University
Thesis	Opinion and Knowledge in Farabi's Understanding of Aristotle's Philosophy (1973)
Doctoral advisor	Muhsin Mahdi
Main interests	political philosophy
	Influences Farabi;

Short description: American philosopher

Miriam Galston (born 1946) is an American philosopher and associate professor at The George Washington University Law School. She is known for her research on Farabi^[2] ^[3] and won the Farabi International Award for her book Politics and Excellence.^[4]

Books

Politics and Excellence: The Political Philosophy of Alfarabi, Princeton University Press, 1990; translated into Persian, 2008

References

↑ "Class News University of Chicago Magazine, April 1997". https://magazine.uchicago.edu/9704/9704BOBClassnews7.html.
↑ Abed, Shukri (1993). "Politics and Excellence: The Political Philosophy of Alfarabi (review)" (in en). Journal of the History of Philosophy 31 (3): 461–463. doi:10.1353/hph.1993.0056. ISSN 1538-4586. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/226090.
↑ Walbridge, John (August 1992). "Miriam Galston, Politics and Excellence: The Political Philosophy of Alfarabi, (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1990). Pp. 251." (in en). International Journal of Middle East Studies 24 (3): 534–536. doi:10.1017/S0020743800022194. ISSN 1471-6380. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-middle-east-studies/article/abs/miriam-galston-politics-and-excellence-the-political-philosophy-of-alfarabi-princeton-nj-princeton-university-press-1990-pp-251/1F4ACA9D9589AF6EDE0D49888722511C.
↑ "Miriam Galston". https://www.law.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs2351/f/downloads/Miriam_Galston.pdf.

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[1] "Class News University of Chicago Magazine, April 1997". https://magazine.uchicago.edu/9704/9704BOBClassnews7.html.

[2] Abed, Shukri (1993). "Politics and Excellence: The Political Philosophy of Alfarabi (review)" (in en). Journal of the History of Philosophy 31 (3): 461–463. doi:10.1353/hph.1993.0056. ISSN 1538-4586. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/226090.

[3] Walbridge, John (August 1992). "Miriam Galston, Politics and Excellence: The Political Philosophy of Alfarabi, (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1990). Pp. 251." (in en). International Journal of Middle East Studies 24 (3): 534–536. doi:10.1017/S0020743800022194. ISSN 1471-6380. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-middle-east-studies/article/abs/miriam-galston-politics-and-excellence-the-political-philosophy-of-alfarabi-princeton-nj-princeton-university-press-1990-pp-251/1F4ACA9D9589AF6EDE0D49888722511C.

[4] "Miriam Galston". https://www.law.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs2351/f/downloads/Miriam_Galston.pdf.

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