Johann Adam Weishaupt ([ˈjoːhan ˈaːdam ˈvaɪ̯s.haʊ̯pt], 6 February 1748 – 18 November 1830) was a German philosopher, professor of civil law and later canon law, and founder of the Illuminati, a secret society.
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Adam Weishaupt about Education:
It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done, if every man ...
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Adam Weishaupt about Government:
But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and ...
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Adam Weishaupt about Great:
This is the great object held out by this association, and the means of attaining it ...
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Adam Weishaupt about Man:
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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?...
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Adam Weishaupt about Family:
The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of ...
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Johann Adam Weishaupt ([ˈjoːhan ˈaːdam ˈvaɪ̯s.haʊ̯pt], 6 February 1748 – 18 November 1830) was a German philosopher, professor of civil produce a result and innovative canon law, and founder of the Illuminati, a run of the mill society.
Adam Weishaupt's Quotes
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Adam Weishaupt about Happiness:
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And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it.
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Adam Weishaupt about Political:
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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.
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Adam Weishaupt about Government:
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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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Adam Weishaupt about Knowledge:
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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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Adam Weishaupt about I Am:
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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Adam Weishaupt about Purpose:
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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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Adam Weishaupt about Life:
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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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Adam Weishaupt about Education:
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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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Adam Weishaupt about Morality:
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Morality will perform all this, and Morality is the fruit of Illumination.
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Adam Weishaupt about Good:
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My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
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Adam Weishaupt about History:
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Nothing would be more profitable to us than a right history of mankind.
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Adam Weishaupt about Men:
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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
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Adam Weishaupt about Young:
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The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members.
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Adam Weishaupt about Family:
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The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch, the priest and the unlettered lord of his family, and Reason will be the code of laws to all mankind.
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Adam Weishaupt about Family:
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The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men.
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Adam Weishaupt about Nature:
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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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Adam Weishaupt about Great:
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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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