On the Sweetness of Truth
by Helga Zepp LaRouche
Master of the Life of the Virgin
Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa, 1401-1464. Proceeding from the principled unity of faith and knowledge leads to a fundamental insight into the physical and natural laws of the universe.
We are pleased to reprint “On the Sweetness of Truth” by Helga Zepp-LaRouche, to assist the reader in working through some of the concepts in Nicholas of Cusa’s work, The Vision of God (De Visione Dei
). Cusa’s concept of “the coincidence of opposites” inspires her current organizing of an institution to prevent world war and to bring many forces together to fight global famine and create modern healthcare systems worldwide – the Committee for the Coincidence of Opposites. Zepp-LaRouche, founder of the international Schiller Institute, is not only known for her expertise in Friedrich Schiller’s work, she is also a renowned scholar of Nicholas of Cusa (Nikolaus Cusanus, Nikolaus of Kues), 1401-1464. This a