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
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.
history
Nothing would be more profitable to us than a right history of mankind.
therefore
The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members.
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.
mean illumination clouds
This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason which will dispell the clouds of superstition and of prejudice.
mean men knowing
There is no way of influencing men so powerfully as by means of the women. These should therefore be our chief study; we should insinuate ourselves into their good opinion, give them hints of emancipation from the tyranny of public opinion, and of standing up for themselves; it will be an immense relief to their enslaved minds to be freed from any one bond of restraint, and it will fire them the more, and cause them to work for us with zeal, without knowing that they do so; for they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
mean men nwo
Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
christian religious mean
But I have contrived an explanation which has every advantage; is inviting to christians of every communion; gradually frees them from all religious prejudices; cultivates the social virtues; and animates them by a great, a feasable, a speedy prospect of universal happiness, in a state of liberty and moral equality, freed from the obstacles which subordination, rank, and riches, continually throw in our way. My explanation is accurate and complete, my means are effectual, and irresistable. Our secret association works in a way that nothing can withstand, and man shall soon be free and happy.
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.
proud world deism
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.
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.
stars grace torches
G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason. Those who possess this knowledge are indeed 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.