Description of the Illuminati

mair, Lory, Lipowsky, Braun, Westenrieder, Zaupser, Milbiller, Schuhbaur These are prominent figures of the Bavarian Enlightenment. For example, Lorenz von Westenrieder was a historian and educator, and Thomas Zaupser was a jurist and critic of the church., every self-thinking man, every enlightener original: "Aufklärer" of the nation. They allowed the rabble original: "Pöbel" — a common term in 18th-century discourse for the uneducated masses. to be transformed, to dispute over these transformations, and thereby to become "enlightened."

The Inquisition This refers to the official judicial inquiry and commission established in Bavaria (c. 1784–1787) to investigate and prosecute members of the Order of the Illuminati. was imposed upon the Illuminati A secret society founded in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, in 1776, which sought to promote Enlightenment ideals and secularism, eventually leading to their ban by the Elector., not so much to bring them to punishment, as to withdraw them from the fury of the rabble.

What a low, wretched distortion! I do not know what kind of loathsome, disgusting feeling overcomes me every time I see men take refuge in such miserable turns and evasions!

Regarding this passage, I note the following points:

1. Once the matter, through malicious cabals original: "Cabbalen" — secret schemes or political intrigues., had come so far, it is certainly no longer surprising that one had to resort to the