Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the Religions and Governments of Europe

John Robison (1739-1805) was a British physicist and mathematician. He was a professor of natural philosophy (the precursor of natural science) at the University of Edinburgh. Towards the end of his life, he became an enthusiastic conspiracy theorist and he became disenchanted with elements of the Enlightenment. He authored Proofs of a Conspiracy in 1797—a polemic accusing Freemasonry of being inf...