Adam Weishaupt
Adam Weishaupt
Johann Adam Weishaupt was a German philosopher and founder of the Order of the Illuminati, a secret society...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth6 February 1748
CityIngolstadt, Germany
CountryGermany
education men illumination
It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done, if every man were placed in the office for which he was fitted by nature and a proper education, which first suggested to me the plan of Illumination.
men opposites tenors
The tenor of my life has been the opposite of everything that is vile, and no man can lay any such thing to my charge.
school mean order
It is necessary to gain the common people to our order. The best means to that end is influence in the schools.
imagine founders imagine-that
Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
proud world deism
I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
men order giving
I declare and I challenge all mankind to contradict my declaration, that no man can give any account of the order of Freemasonry, of its origin, of its history, of its object, nor any explanation of its mysteries and symbols, which does not leave the mind in total uncertainty on all these points. Every man is entitled therefore, to give any explanation of the symbols and a system of the doctrine that he can render palatable.
order stranger states
A Literary Society is the most proper form for the introduction of our Order into any state where we are yet strangers.
school mean winning
We must win the common people in every corner. This will be obtained chiefly by means of the schools, and by open, hearty behavior, show, condescension, popularity, and toleration of their prejudices, which we shall at leisure root out and dispel.
winning doe endeavour
If a writer publishes any thing that attracts notice, and is in itself just, but does not accord with our plan, we must endeavour to win him over, or decry him.
mean men nwo
Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
men race dwelling
The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men.
rome world proud
I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome. I found it here, in great vigour, more abounding than in any of the neighboring Protestant States. I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
nwo mind new-world-order
The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
may faults details
My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.