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...demned original: "dammt," completing the word "verdammt" from the previous page. because he does not side with it, also take root in Freemasonry? Who is a true Freemason? According to the concepts of Lessing Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781), a major Enlightenment philosopher and author of "Ernst and Falk," a famous dialogue on Freemasonry. and Zimmermann Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann (1728–1795), a Swiss physician and philosopher who was deeply involved in the intellectual debates of the era., it is the enlightened and virtuous man, the good human being, whether he has become so through the institutions and influences of public society, or a secret society, or both at once.
Which is the most authentic lodge in the world? The one that possesses the greatest number of the most enlightened and righteous members, the purest principles, and the most effective institutions for the enlightenment and ennoblement of mankind.
What of the patent of constitution Constitutionspatent A formal charter or warrant issued by a Grand Lodge that officially recognizes a local lodge as legitimate., then? If necessary, it is a kind of guarantee for the sovereign and the nation, carrying greater or lesser weight depending on whether the conviction regarding the good character of the founders is greater or lesser. The Lodge Theodore of Good Counsel The "Loge Theodor vom guten Rath" was a famous Munich lodge founded in 1775, named after the Elector Karl Theodor; it later became a significant site for the development of the Illuminati. is perhaps one of the oldest lodges in Upper Germany. It existed long before—