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German
-
Clergyman
February 6
, 1748 -
November 18
, 1830
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.
Adam Weishaupt
Nature
,
Happiness
,
Discovery
,
Human
,
Our
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.
Adam Weishaupt
Jealous
,
Purpose
,
Constitution
,
Tyranny
When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
Adam Weishaupt
Nature
,
Man
,
Government
,
Worth
,
Gone
,
He
Nothing would be more profitable to us than a right history of mankind.
Adam Weishaupt
History
,
Nothing
,
Right
,
More
,
Us
,
Than
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.
Adam Weishaupt
Great
,
Clouds
,
Sun
,
Understanding
,
Will
Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
Adam Weishaupt
Man
,
Believe
,
You
,
Anything
,
Made
,
Oh
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.
Adam Weishaupt
Political
,
Leave
,
Us
,
Because
,
Ordinary
The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men.
Adam Weishaupt
Family
,
Men
,
World
,
Race
,
Will
,
Human
G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason. Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
Adam Weishaupt
Knowledge
,
Grace
,
Reason
,
Star
,
Torch
I did not bring Deism into Bavaria.
Adam Weishaupt
Bring
,
Did
I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
Adam Weishaupt
I Am
,
World
,
Proud
,
Founder
,
Am
,
Known
The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members.
Adam Weishaupt
Young
,
First
,
Task
,
Form
,
Association
The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
Adam Weishaupt
Mind
,
Irresistible
,
Hankering
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.
Adam Weishaupt
Government
,
Always
,
Others
,
Things
,
Much
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.
Adam Weishaupt
Life
,
Situation
,
Never
,
Head
,
Active
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.
Adam Weishaupt
Family
,
Will
,
Head
,
Reason
,
Lord
,
Priest
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.
Adam Weishaupt
Nature
,
Education
,
Man
,
Me
,
Office
,
Plan
Morality will perform all this; and Morality is the fruit of Illumination.
Adam Weishaupt
Fruit
,
Morality
,
Will
,
Illumination
My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
Adam Weishaupt
Good
,
Detail
,
Plan
,
May
,
Faults
,
General
Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
Adam Weishaupt
Men
,
Mystery
,
Know
,
Lead
,
Most
,
Means
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