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Adam Weishaupt

Founder of the Bavarian Illuminati and professor of law.

The Illuminati was established by him on 1 May 1776 in the Electorate of Bavaria.[1]

Quick Facts

Region
Western philosophy
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Birth name
Johann Adam Weishaupt
Born
6 February 1748
Birthplace
Ingolstadt, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Died
18 November 1830
Place of death
Gotha, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, German Confederation
School of thought
Empiricism

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

His godfather Johann Adam von Ickstatt, a law professor, influenced him with rationalist philosophy.[2] He graduated with a doctorate of law in 1768 and became a law professor in 1772.[3] After the Jesuits were suppressed in 1773, he became a professor of canon law.[4] He used Freemasonry to recruit for his own society, aiming to perfect human nature.[5]

He lived in Gotha under the protection of Duke Ernest II and wrote several works on illuminism.[6] During 1784, the government under Karl Theodor, Elector of Bavaria, issued a ban on the society.[5]

What the cited sources add

The Catholic Encyclopedia states that Weishaupt entered a Masonic lodge in early 1777.[7] It notes that Knigge helped expand the order, securing 500 members within two years.[7] Dissensions between Knigge and Weishaupt led to Knigge's withdrawal in July 1784.[7] The Catholic Encyclopedia reports that Weishaupt fled Ingolstadt on 16 February 1785 and settled in Gotha in 1787.[7]

Barruel's account describes Weishaupt's correspondence with Zwack about higher degrees of the order.[8] Barruel writes that Weishaupt claimed Christ's secret doctrine aimed at re-establishing Jewish liberty.[8]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Adam Weishaupt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Catholic Encyclopedia: Illuminati,; Couch, "Collier's Encyclopedia, Volume 10", Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, 1956, p. 370; "illuminati Facts, History, Suppression, & Conspiracy Britannica", www.britannica.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Adam Weishaupt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie Vol. 13, pp. 740–741.; "Das Matrikelbuch der Universitaet Ingolstadt-Landshut-München", A. Eichleiter, 1872, p. 31; Hartmann, Peter Claus. Bayerns Weg in die Gegenwart. Regensburg: Pustet, 1989. 262. Also, Bauerreiss, Romuald. Kirchengeschichte Bayerns. Vol. 7. St. Ottilien: (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Adam Weishaupt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Freninger 1872, p. 47; Engel 1906, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=v72fDHzuMf0C&pg=PR6 22]; Freninger 1872, p. 47 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Adam Weishaupt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: . Also, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie Vol. 41, p. 540. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Adam Weishaupt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Catholic Encyclopedia: Illuminati, (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Adam Weishaupt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Engel, "Geschichte des Illuminaten-ordens", H. Bermühler Verlag, 1906; van Dülmen, Richard. Der Geheimbund der Illuminaten. Stuttgart: Frommann-Holzboog, 1975.; Stauffer, Vernon. [New England] and the Bavarian Illuminati. Columbia University, 1918.; Engel, "Geschichte des Illuminaten-ordens", H. Bermühler Verlag, 1906 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Catholic Encyclopedia: Illuminati,. facts only, no text reused. newadvent.org
  8. "Code of the Illuminati, Part III of: Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism - Abbé Barreul", www.sacred-texts.com. facts only, no text reused. sacred-texts.com

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