Johann Adam Weishaupt (6 February 1748 – 18 November 1830 ) was a German philosopher and founder of the Order of the Illuminati, a secret society. Read full biography of Adam Weishaupt →
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... →
Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men.
But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices; and they are as inefficient... →
G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason. Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous... →
The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
Morality will perform all this; and Morality is the fruit of Illumination.
When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
Nothing would be more profitable to us than a right history of mankind.
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... →
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... →
Johann Adam Weishaupt (6 February 1748 – 18 November 1830 ) was a German philosopher and founder of the Order of the Illuminati, a secret society.