Philosophical Counsel

One-on-one. Not therapy. Not coaching. Philosophy.

What It Is

Private philosophical conversation with Michael Millerman.

The subject is whatever you're actually thinking about — a decision that won't resolve, a framework that's breaking down, a question you keep returning to, a text you want to work through seriously. One session or ongoing. The conversation goes where the thinking goes.

This is not advice-giving. Not goal-setting. Not processing. Thinking together about the questions that matter — with someone who has spent decades with the hardest texts in the Western tradition and won't simplify what shouldn't be simplified.

Who It's For

People who:

The people Michael works with privately are typically in finance, technology, law, or academia. They've succeeded at what they set out to do. They've reached a point where the frameworks they were given — economic, legal, political — are insufficient for the questions they're actually facing.

Who It's Not For

People who:

Questions That Come Up

The philosophical foundations of AI and what they mean for people building in the space. The tension between political obligation and individual conscience. What Heidegger's account of technology means for how someone runs their company. Whether liberalism can defend itself on its own terms. The relationship between Strauss and Kojève and what it means for someone navigating institutional power. What it means to live well when the inherited frameworks have run out.

These are not hypothetical examples. They are the actual subjects of actual conversations.

Michael Millerman

PhD in philosophy, University of Toronto. Dissertation on Heidegger. Primary English translator of Alexander Dugin — seven books, including The Fourth Political Theory. Author of Beginning with Heidegger. Founder of Millerman School, where he has taught political philosophy to thousands of students outside institutional constraints.

He has been doing private philosophical counsel — formally and informally — for years. The people who seek it out are not looking for a professor. They are looking for someone who thinks seriously and can hold a difficult conversation without flinching.

Pricing

Single Session
$250
60–90 minutes via video call
  • One conversation
  • No commitment
Four Sessions
$900
package
  • Work through something over time
  • Save $100

There is no free discovery call. If you're not sure whether this is right for you, read this page carefully. If it resonates, write.

How to Begin

Email with a brief description of what you want to think about.

No application form. No intake questionnaire. Just tell me what's on your mind and I'll respond within 48 hours.

private@millermanschool.com

Serious inquiries only.

"You are the type of professor who, if I were still at Stanford, I would look to see if you were offering any class every quarter so I can take it, no matter what it was. You're that level of teacher." — Student (Stanford)