Adam Weishaupt Quotes
Morality will perform all this; and Morality is the fruit of Illumination.
Robison, John. Proofs of a Conspiracy Against All the Religions and Governments of Europe. William Creech and T. Cadell, 1797.
In his view, the ethical ideal could, but need not be a religion, but could include idealistic aspects of secular humanism or political ideal.
Jefferson was not anti-Christian as some accuse him. He was a great admirer of Jesus’ life and philosophy. He did object to the non-ethical aspects of Christianity, miracles, dogma, organized churches. See {611664}. Jefferson even went so far as to write his own version of the Bible—New Testament sometimes called the “Jefferson Bible”—where he translated the material and then extracted the ethical principles leaving out everything else.
Johann Adam Weishaupt was a German philosopher, professor of civil law and later canon law, and founder of the Illuminati, a secret society.
