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 →
Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members.
But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have... →
I did not bring Deism into Bavaria.
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... →
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... →
Johann Adam Weishaupt (6 February 1748 – 18 November 1830 ) was a German philosopher and founder of the Order of the Illuminati, a secret society.