About Hobbes

Founded in 1657, Hobbes University is located in our founder's hometown of Wiltshire, England. Thomas Hobbes founded the University only a few years after returning to England after living in France; he left due to his heavy prejudices against the Roman Catholic Church. His greatest work, the Leviathan, has become the center of our approach to education and leadership in a university setting.

At Hobbes University, all students are equal in mind and body. We hope to train your minds, bodies and souls to be the strongest possible through a rigorous and demanding education. Here at Hobbes, we strive for a constant state of peace, hoping to aid each student in overcoming the brutish state of nature to achieve higher goals. Unlike many other colleges and universities, the Hobbesian approach to education and learning is as follows:

- The essence of humankind distinguishes them from animals. Apply your essence in everything you do.
- Strive to observe covenants between yourself, you and your classmates, and you and your professors, such that no higher authority need to check on you. Residential Assistants/Advisors do not play a role on the Hobbes campus. We believe each student should strive for peace without compulsion.
- Social contract applies. This is made between you and your fellow students; here at Hobbes, your individuality will determine your personal success. How you make and utilize relationships is entirely up to you. (Ebenstein, 359-363)