1. People who have or profess to have special intellectual or spiritual enlightenment.
2. Any of various societies, groups, sects, etc. usually secret, composed of such people.
Etymology: Italian from Latin, plural of illuminatus enlightened.
From Webster's, paper edition.
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"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." -- Mark Twain
I have only seen this used in the capitalized form, "Illuminati,"
the supposed super-secret cabal behind all secret societies and the hereditarily rich that controls (or tries to control) world events.
Illuminati Conspiracy, Order of the Illumined Wise Men
Apo
the supposed super-secret cabal behind all secret societies and the hereditarily rich that controls (or tries to control) world events.
Illuminati Conspiracy, Order of the Illumined Wise Men
Apo
'Experiments are the only means of knowledge at our disposal. The rest is poetry, imagination.' -Max Planck
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Apoclima, that is a very interesting site! I like the display of creativity in any good conspiracy theory. Anyway, I was thinking of illuminati when I was writing this post about Che Guevara and marketing of university education.
I have not read the Da Vinci Code. In fact I am avoiding the book in the same way I avoided Titanic the movie.
I have not read the Da Vinci Code. In fact I am avoiding the book in the same way I avoided Titanic the movie.
"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." -- Mark Twain
Just a small exercise of imagination but can anyone come up with a revolutionary to whom the accusations of Uncronopio do not apply?
By the way "Revolutionalise Your Life" does not make a very beautiful copy in Chinese. When someone tells you that he wants to "革你的命," you'd better stop whatever you are doing, apologise to him and run.
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By the way "Revolutionalise Your Life" does not make a very beautiful copy in Chinese. When someone tells you that he wants to "革你的命," you'd better stop whatever you are doing, apologise to him and run.
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From my point of view, the problem is that the university chose an example of political revolution with a -- to say the least -- highly controversial figure, while it should have gone for examples of scientific or artistic revolution. An example of the latter was apple's 'think different' campaign that depicted mostly people with a positive effect on society.
"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." -- Mark Twain
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