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designation for various groups

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The Real History of the Illuminati
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Adam Weishaupt, leader of the Bavarian Illuminati
Adam Weishaupt, a professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, founded a secret society...
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St. Ignatius of Loyola
Ignatius of Loyola was a Spanish theologian who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)...
Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Robert Fludd
17th-century portrait of British physician and philosopher Robert Fludd.
Wellcome Collection, London (Public Domain)
Francis Bacon
British statesman and philosopher Francis Bacon.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, oil painting by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1828; in the Neue...
Courtesy of the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen/Bavarian State Painting Collections, Neue Pinakothek (WAF 1048)
Johann Gottfried von Herder
Johann Gottfried von Herder, detail of an oil painting by Gerhard von Kügelgen, 1808;...
Courtesy of the Library of Tartu State University