Description of the Illuminati

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The affair of the Illuminati in Bavaria is not persecution, but a simple and, as it seems, justifiable police measure.

The original term used is 'Policey-Anstalt'. In the 18th century, 'Policey' referred not just to the modern police force, but to the entire administration of public order, morality, and health.

Police measure! —— Criminal courts, and all public institutions against crime, are also police measures. I do not see what this chosen phrasing is meant to contain that is mitigating The author argues that calling the crackdown a "police measure" is a euphemism intended to make the state's actions seem less harsh.. It is not the name that matters, but the matter itself: and if in this matter everything is found that one is otherwise accustomed to seeing in persecutions, then the persecutor may name the matter as he wishes; it is and remains at all times a real persecution, because the crimes are not specified and are all unproven. With the same reasoning, one could also The sentence ends abruptly here due to the page break. [speak of the decree] issued on December 12th of last year against the letter