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
order should-have situation
In another situation, and in an active station in life, I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head.
zest order giving
For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence; for thus it is better secured from the oppression of the ruling powers, and because this secrecy gives a greater zest to the whole.
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.
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.
nwo mind new-world-order
The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
lying order names
The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment; let it never appear in any place in its own name but always covered by another name and another occupation. None is fitter than the three lower degrees of Freemasonry; the public is accustomed to it, expects little from it and therefore takes little notice of it.
therefore
The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members.
history
Nothing would be more profitable to us than a right history of mankind.
Morality will perform all this; and Morality is the fruit of Illumination.
government greater opposed placed situations suited
But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited my talents.
religious political prejudice
But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices; and they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.
opposition
Illuminate the opposition.
jealous purpose noble
Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.