The Philosophy Behind
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Plato. Nietzsche. Heidegger. Strauss. Study the thinkers that top founders, investors, and leaders actually read — taught by Dr. Michael Millerman.

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Who This Is For

Built for People Who Build Things

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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Founders & Operators

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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Investors & Executives

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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Curious, Serious Minds

You tried the YouTube explainers. You read the Wikipedia summaries. You want the real thing — primary texts, careful reading, genuine understanding.

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What’s Your Philosophical DNA?

10 questions. 5 dimensions. Discover which philosophical traditions shape how you actually think. Over 1 million views and counting.

  • Are you a Platonist, Heideggerian, Existentialist, or something else?
  • See where you land across 10 distinct philosophical types
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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
The Solution

Millerman School is different:

  • Serious study of primary texts — the actual books, not summaries
  • Clear instruction from a PhD, no ideological agenda
  • Learn at your own pace with lifetime access to every lecture
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Plato’s Republic

Introduction to the greatest work of political philosophy ever written. Our #1 bestseller.

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Introduction to Leo Strauss

Masterclass on the thinker who quietly influenced a generation of political leaders and intellectuals.

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Heidegger: Being and Time

A comprehensive overview of the 20th century’s most challenging — and rewarding — philosophical work.

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On Tyranny

Strauss vs. Kojève on power, wisdom, and the tension between rulers and intellectuals. The perfect starting point.

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Every Level Has a Path

From a first taste to the full library:

Diagnostic Playbook

What your philosophical type actually means. The traditions, the thinkers, the blind spots. A reading list for each type.

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On Tyranny

The perfect first course. Strauss on power, wisdom, and the tension between rulers and intellectuals.

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The Ancients Track

Plato’s Republic, Aristotle’s Politics, and the 10 forgotten Socratic dialogues. Three courses, one tradition.

$197
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The Existentialist Track

Being and Time, Contributions to Philosophy, and the Black Notebooks. Three courses, one thinker.

$197
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Core Bundle

Seven foundational courses — Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Strauss, and more.

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Dr. Michael Millerman
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Dr. Michael Millerman

Philosophical advisor to hedge funds, startups, and institutional investors. Author of two books. PhD in political philosophy.

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.

This isn't philosophy-lite. It's the real thing, made accessible.

PhD in Political Science · Author of 2 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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