Dr. Michael Millerman
Political Philosopher
A political philosopher who built his own school to keep teaching the great books, and who gave Meriwether Academy three lectures on political philosophy, natural rights and The Closing of the American Mind.
Watch His LecturesThe Millerman SchoolAbout Michael Millerman
Dr. Michael Millerman teaches political philosophy through the Millerman School, which he built after what he describes as an academic cancellation, because he wanted to keep teaching. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Toronto and is the author of Beginning with Heidegger: Strauss, Rorty, Derrida, Dugin and the Philosophical Constitution of the Political.
The school offers book-length video courses, close readings of primary texts that include Plato’s Republic and Aristotle’s Politics cover to cover, Plato’s Laws, and several courses each on Heidegger and Leo Strauss. He also runs small online seminars and private study, teaches for free on YouTube, and publishes books and a Substack. Strauss is central to his work: he named his first son after him and says that without Strauss there would be no Millerman School.
Political philosophy at Meriwether
Millerman was the featured guest of Meriwether Academy’s Political Philosophy Symposium, a dinner event in Nashville, and three of his talks are in the lecture archive: What Is Political Philosophy?, What Are Natural Rights? and a reading of Allan Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind.
Lectures and talks by Michael Millerman
Three lectures by Dr. Millerman, free to watch in full.
What Is Political Philosophy?
The Millerman School
Study the great books of political philosophy with Dr. Millerman.
The Millerman School
Recorded close-reading courses on Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Strauss and more, with a complete course archive.
Visit millermanschool.com →Online Seminars and Private Study
Small-group seminars, such as a ten-week seminar on Plato’s Republic, and one-on-one study with Dr. Millerman.
Private study →The Political Philosophy Symposium
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About Dr. Michael Millerman
Who is Michael Millerman?
Dr. Michael Millerman is a political philosopher with a PhD from the University of Toronto, the founder of the Millerman School and author of Beginning with Heidegger.
What is the Millerman School?
An online school offering recorded close-reading courses in political philosophy, seminars and private study with Dr. Millerman.
What did Michael Millerman teach at Meriwether Academy?
Three lectures: What Is Political Philosophy?, What Are Natural Rights? and The Closing of the American Mind, all free in the lecture archive.
Why is Leo Strauss important to Millerman’s work?
Strauss is central to his teaching. Millerman says that without Strauss there would be no Millerman School.
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