“Thus indeed, as though seated on a royal throne, the sun governs the family of planets revolving around it.”
Verification
AttributedRecorded by a reliable secondary source; exact wording may differ.
Listed with a citation on Wikiquote. Attribution is source-supported, not independently verified.
Live wording check · 2026-10-22
Thus indeed, as though seated on a royal throne, the sun governs the family of planets revolving around it. Citation: Alternate translation: Then in the middle of all stands the sun. For who, in our most beautiful temple, could set this light in another or better place, than that from which it can at once illuminate the whole? Not to speak of the fact that not unfittingly do some call it the light of the world, oth Listed on https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus (CC BY-SA)Read evidence
Source
- Title
- Wikiquote: Nicolaus Copernicus
- Type
- Wikiquote (CC BY-SA) · Secondary source
Cite this source
Copernicus, Nicolaus. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Nicolaus Copernicus. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus
Check citations against your institution's style guide; some details may be missing.
Provenance: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus