Even encyclopedia references vary on the goal of the order, such as New Advent saying the Order was not egalitarian or democratic internally, but sought to promote the doctrines of equality and freedom throughout society while others such as Collier's have said the aim was to combat religion and foster rationalism in its place. He adopted the name of "Brother Spartacus" within the order. On Johann Adam Weishaupt founded the "Illuminati" in the Electorate of Bavaria. I wished to do what the heads of the ecclesiastical and secular authorities ought to have done by virtue of their offices. Foundation of the Illuminati Īt a time, however, when there was no end of making game of and abusing secret societies, I planned to make use of this human foible for a real and worthy goal, for the benefit of people. Both Feder and Weishaupt would later become opponents of Kantian idealism. In 1775 Weishaupt was introduced to the empirical philosophy of Johann Georg Heinrich Feder of the University of Göttingen. The following year he married Afra Sausenhofer of Eichstätt.Īfter Pope Clement XIV's suppression of the Society of Jesus in 1773, Weishaupt became a professor of canon law, a position that was held exclusively by the Jesuits until that time. He later enrolled at the University of Ingolstadt and graduated in 1768 at age 20 with a doctorate of law. Weishaupt began his formal education at age seven at a Jesuit school. Ickstatt was a proponent of the philosophy of Christian Wolff and of the Enlightenment, and he influenced the young Weishaupt with his rationalism. After his father's death he came under the tutelage of his godfather Johann Adam Freiherr von Ickstatt who, like his father, was a professor of law at the University of Ingolstadt. Weishaupt's father Johann Georg Weishaupt (1717–1753) died when Adam was five years old. 5.3 Works by Adam Weishaupt in English translationĪdam Weishaupt was born on 6 February 1748 in Ingolstadt in the Electorate of Bavaria.4 Assessment of character and intentions.
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