Adam Weishaupt
1748 - 1830
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Biography
Adam Weishaupt (1748-1830) was a German philosopher and founder of the secret society known as the Illuminati. Born in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Weishaupt was a professor of law and gained a keen interest in Enlightenment philosophy. In 1776, he established the Order of the Illuminati, aiming to promote Enlightenment ideals of reason, secularism, and progressive social reform. The society's clandestine nature and alleged anti-monarchical objectives led to its suppression by the Bavarian government in the late 1780s.
Famous Quotes (5)
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Nothing would surprise me, and I would be thankful for a ceiling that doesn't leak.
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I am proud of my heart alone, it is the sole source of everything, all our strength, happiness, and misery. All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.
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There is no way of influencing men so powerfully as by means of women. These should therefore be our chief study; we should insinuate ourselves into their good opinion, give them hints of emancipation from the tyranny of public opinion, and of standing up for themselves; it will be an immense relief to their enslaved minds to be freed from any one bond of restraint, and it will fire them more, and cause them to work for us with zeal, without knowing that they do so; for they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
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The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment; let it never appear in any place in its own name, but always covered by another name, and another occupation. None is fitter than the three lower degrees of Freemasonry; the public is accustomed to it, expects little from it, and therefore takes little notice of it.
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See, in this world, there are things that are useful and things that are useless; now we can't be wasting time over the useless things.