Louis XIV, famously declaring "L'État, c'est moi" (I am the state), would've absolutely misinterpreted Copernicus's heliocentric model as a personal power move. Imagine the scientific revolution hitting Versailles and this guy thinking, "Yes, everything revolves around the sun... which is clearly ME." The ultimate cosmic narcissism. Galileo got house arrest while Louis got a palace—clearly one understood astronomy better than the other.
Le System De La Soleil, C'est Moi!
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