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Plato. Nietzsche. Heidegger. Strauss. Schmitt. Dugin. Study the thinkers that top founders, investors, and leaders actually read — taught by Dr. Michael Millerman, the leading English-language translator of Alexander Dugin.

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Millerman School students aren't armchair theorists. They're people making consequential decisions who want to think more deeply about what they're doing and why.

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You're building something. Philosophy gives you frameworks for decisions that spreadsheets can't — questions of justice, legitimacy, and what a good life actually looks like.

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The smartest capital allocators study history and philosophy to understand where the world is going. Thiel reads Strauss. Girard shaped Silicon Valley. This is that tradition.

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The Problem

Most philosophy education is:

  • Superficial — YouTube explainers that miss the depth
  • Academic — jargon-filled, politically captured, disconnected from life
  • Inaccessible — reading lists with no guidance, no one to ask questions
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  • Serious study of primary texts — the actual books, not summaries
  • Clear instruction from a PhD, no ideological agenda
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On Tyranny

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Strauss vs. Kojève: power, wisdom, and what rulers owe the people who make them powerful. The sharpest entry point into political philosophy.

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Plato’s Republic

The greatest work of political philosophy ever written. You'll understand justice, the ideal city, and why Plato still matters — taught from the primary text. Our #1 bestseller.

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Introduction to Leo Strauss

The thinker who quietly shaped a generation of political leaders and intellectuals. Thiel reads Strauss. Now you can too — at the primary source level.

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The sharpest entry point. Strauss vs. Kojève on power, wisdom, and the responsibility of intellectuals. One text. Immediately applicable.

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Three courses, one tradition. The Ancients track covers Plato, Aristotle, and the Socratic dialogues. The Existentialist track goes deep on Heidegger.

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Dr. Michael Millerman

The leading English-language translator of Alexander Dugin — 7 books into English. Author, philosopher, and private advisor to hedge funds, executives, and institutional investors.

I left academia to teach philosophy to people who actually want to learn. My students include software engineers, startup founders, VCs, and professionals who want depth without the institutional baggage.

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PhD in Political Science · Author of 2 books · Translator of 7 Dugin books · Private consultant to executives and institutions

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"Michael's enthusiasm for the real-world import of philosophy is immediately palpable, and his command of a wide range of material, and fluency expressing it, is rare. I reached out with some frustrations about Heidegger, and Michael immediately offered to sit down and talk them through with me — for an hour! An absolutely excellent teacher."

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"I didn't have any political education or awareness. But now I can study authors in a way that is not superficial, pedantic, or partisan. It's just the truth about life, and about people... how we approach life and how to improve ourselves."

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"One of the major things I got out of the course was learning how to read these books in a way that you understand and see more than you would have on your own."

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175 philosophers mapped across traditions, influences, and ideas — with Millerman's annotations on what each one really gets right, what they miss, and where to start. The fastest way to orient yourself in the history of ideas.

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