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From Josef Wäges
P
R
OOFS
OF
A
CONSPIR
AGY
AGAINSTALLTHE
RELIGIONS
AND
GOVERNMENTS
OF
EUROPE,
CARRIED
ON
IN
THE
SECRET
MEETINGS
OF
FREE
MASONS,
ILLUMINATI,
AND
REABING
SOCIETIES,
COLLECTED
FROM
GOOD
AUTHORITIES,
By
J
O
H
N
R
O
B
I
S
O
N,
A.
M.
PROFESSOR
OF
NATURAL
PHILOSOPRY,
AND
SECRETARY
TO
THE
ROYAL
SOCIETY
OF
EDINBURGH.
Nam
tua
res
agitur
paries
cu?n
proximus
ardet.
The
THIRD
EDITION.
To
which
is
added
a
Postscript.
PHILADELPHIA:
printed
FOR
T.
DOBSON,
N°.
4I,
SOUTH
SECOND
STREET,
AND
W.
COBBET,
N°.
25,
NORTH
SECOND
STREET.
1798.
J
CHAP.
II.
THE
ILLUMINATI.
lOJ
antique
names.
Thus
Weidiaupt
took
the
name
of
Spartacus,
the
man
Vv^ho
headed
theinfurredlion
of
flaves,
which
in
Pompey's
time
kept
Rome
in
terror
and
uproar
for
three
years.
Zvvack
was
called
Cato.
Knio-cxe
was
Philo.Baifus
was
Hannibal.Hertel
DO
was
Marius.
Marquis
Conftanza
was
Diomedes.
—
Nicolai,
an
eminent
and
learned
bookfellcr
in
Berlin,
and
author
of
feveral
works
of
reputation,
took
the
name
of
Lucian,
the
great
icoffer
at
all
religion.
An-
other
was
Mahomet,
&c.
It
is
remarkable,
that
ex-
cept
Cato
and
Socrates,
we
have
not
a
name
of
any-
ancient
who
was
eminent
as
a
teacher
and
pra6cifer
of
virtue.
On
the
contrary,
they
feem
to
have
afreclcd
the
charafters
of
the
free-thinkers
and
turbulent
fpirits
of
antiquity.In
the
fame
manner
they
gave
ancient
names
to
the
cities
and
countries
of
Europe.
Munich
was
Athens,
Vienna
was
Rome,
&c.
Sparta
CMS
to
CatOy
Feb,
6,
1778.
*^
Men
hut
eft
defaire
valoir
la
raijon.
As
a
fubor-
*^
dinateobje6t
I
fhall
endeavour
to
gain
fecurity
to
"
ourfclves,
a
backing
in
cafe
ofmisfortunes,
and
af-
*'
fiitance
from
v^ithout.
I
fhall
therefore
prefs
the
*^
cultivation
of
fcience,
efpecially
fuch
fciences
as
*^
may
have
an
influence
on
our
reception
in
the
world,
<^
and
may
ferve
to
remove
obftacles
out
of
the
way.
*^
We
have
to
flruggle
with
pedantry,
with
intole-
'^
ranee,
with
divines
and
ftatefmen,
and
above
all,
'^
princes
and
prieits
are
in
our
way.
Men
are
unfit
**
as
they
are,
and
mufl
be
form.ed
;
each
clafs
muft
^^
be
the
fchool
of
trial
for
the
next.
This
will
be
te-
"
dious,
becaufe
itis
hazardous.
In
the
lad
claffes
I
'^
propofe
academ/ks
under
the
dire6lion
of
the
Order.
^*
This
will
fecure
us
the
adherence
of
the
Literati.
'^
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104
TME
ILLUMINATI.
CHAP.
II.
"
Science
iLall
here
be
the
lure.
Only
thofe
v,^ho
are
aliliredly
proper
fubjeiSls
fliall
be
picked
out
from
among
the
inferior
claffes
for
the
higher
mylleries,
which
contain
the
firfl
principles
and
means
of
pro-
moting
a
happy
life.
No
religionift
muft^
onany
*^
account,
be
admitted
into
thefe
:
For
here
we
work
*^
at
the
difcovery
and
extirpation
of
fuperllition
and
''
prejudices.
The
inftrudlions
fliall
be
fo
conduced
''
that
each
fiiail
difclofe
what
he
thinks
he
conceals
*^
within
his
own
bread,
what
are
his
ruling
propenli-
'^
ties
and
paflions,
and
how
far
he
has
advanced
in
'^
the
command
ofhimfeif
This
will
anfwer
all
the
^'
purpofes
of
auricular
confefTion.
And,
in
particu-
lar,
every
perfon
fliall
be
made
a
fpy
on
another
and
on
all
around
him.
Nothing
can
efcape
our
fight
J
by
thefe
means
we
fliall
readily
difcover
who
are
contented,
and
receive
with
relifli
the
peculiar
*'
flate-doClrines
and
religious
opinions
that
are
laid
*'
before
them
;
and,
at
laft,
the
trud-worthy
alone
will
be
admitted
to
a
participation
of
the
whole
maxims
and
political
conflitution
of
the
Order.
In
a
council
compofed
of
fuch
mxcmbers
we
fliall
labour
at
the
contrivance
of
means
to
drive
by
degrees
the
enemies
of
reafon
and
of
humanity
out
of
the
world,
and
to
efliablifli
a
peculiar
morality
and
religion
fit-
ted
for
the
great
Societyof
Mankind.
*'
But
this
is
a
tickiifla
projcifi:,
and
requires
the
ut-
moft
circumfpeftion.
The
fqueam.ifli
will
fl:art
at
the
fight
of
religious
or
political
novelties
;
and
they
mufl:
be
prepared
for
them.
We
mufl;
bepar-
ticularly
careful
about
the
books
which
we
recom-
*^
mendi
I
fhall
confme
them
at
firll
to
moralifl:s
and
*^
reafoning
hiflrorians.
This
will
prepare
for
a
patient
*^
reception,
in
the
higher
clafles,
of
works
of
a
bolder
''
flight,
fuch
as
Robinet's
Syfterne
do
la
Nature
—
Fdu
"
tique
Naliirelle
—
Fhilofophie
de
la
Nature
—
Syfteme
So-
'^
cial—-^
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