Miriam Galston
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Miriam Galston | |
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| 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 |
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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". magazine.uchicago.edu.
- ^ Abed, Shukri (1993). "Politics and Excellence: The Political Philosophy of Alfarabi (review)". Journal of the History of Philosophy. 31 (3): 461–463. doi:10.1353/hph.1993.0056. ISSN 1538-4586.
- ^ Walbridge, John (August 1992). "Miriam Galston, Politics and Excellence: The Political Philosophy of Alfarabi, (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1990). Pp. 251". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 24 (3): 534–536. doi:10.1017/S0020743800022194. ISSN 1471-6380.
- ^ "Miriam Galston" (PDF).
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