Adam Weishaupt
Clergyman
1748-02-06 – 1830-11-18
Adam Weishaupt was a German philosopher and founder of the Illuminati order in the late eighteenth century.
Quotes by Adam Weishaupt
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason. Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
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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.
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