Adam Weishaupt: The Founder of the Illuminati Society
The 18th-century German thinker Adam Weishaupt (the founder of the Illuminati society) would have been stunned if he had known his ideas would one day fuel global conspiracy theories, and inspire best-selling novels and blockbuster films. Until he was 36, the vast majority of his compatriots would have been equally stunned to discover that this…