Feet of Clay

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The description of Vetinari’s drawing matches the cover of the original publication of Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan, possibly the most influential work of mainstream political theory.

The book argues that for people to come together in a society, they cannot help but create a structure larger than themselves, which must have a controlling intelligence of its own, i.e. some sort of governing body. Hence, although political power derives from the common people, it must be superior to them.