Michael P. Harding holds a BA from the University of North Texas and MA degrees in philosophy and politics from the University of Dallas. Writing on Nietzsche's political philosophy, he earned his PhD from the University of Dallas. He has published on Plato, Aristotle, Locke, and Nietzsche. He co-edited and contributed to Socrates in the Cave: On the Philosopher's Motive in Plato (2018) and The Philosophy of Philip Rieff: Cultural Conflict, Religion, and the Self (2025).