Miriam Galston

Short description: American philosopher

Miriam Galston

Born| 1946
Education| University of Chicago (Ph.D.)
Spouse(s)| William A. Galston[1]
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

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

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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