Supplement of Further Original Writings Concerning the Illuminati

...to the cause through the amiability of the person with whom they associate. Ask Pythagoras Pythagoras was the secret Order-name (pseudonym) for Franz Anton von Massenhausen, an early member and student of Weishaupt. once how I deal with him; he certainly never leaves me without a feeling of high esteem and glowing zeal. My quiet, withdrawn lifestyle, selfless intentions, and stirring encouragement certainly contribute no small part to this; for he can see in me that I feel what I say, and that I have not merely learned it by heart but have experienced it.

Oh! The example—the example does more than all words and commands: before I command another, I must first make him inclined to await my commands. The governance of morals original: Sitten-Regiment; this refers to the regulation of conduct and character development within the secret society. is of a very unique kind, with its own particular principles, and without these, our entire project is a mere chimera original: Chimære; a mythical beast, used here to mean an unrealistic fantasy or illusion., and will be nothing more than a beautiful dream.

Read diligently, and examine yourself: put yourself in the shoes of others: investigate what impressions you make on others. By this path, I have progressed as far in morality as perhaps any man has ever gone. Believe me, dearest Cato! Cato was the Order-name for Xavier von Zwack, a legal counselor who became Weishaupt's most important collaborator. I write from the heart, and I write to a friend: what I write to him, I have experienced, often experienced, and truly found to be so. And in the Illuminatus Dirigens The Illuminatus Dirigens (Directing Illuminatus) was a high-ranking degree, also known as the "Scottish Knight," which involved administrative leadership over lower cells of the Order. they shall go as far as