The Place of Zoroaster in History Using the Cult of Personality as a Literary Source of Authority in the Western Tradition.
Europe's fascination with Zoroaster began in the classical period. Celebrated as the embodiment of wisdom and morality, and enjoying the prestige of an unfathomable antiquity, a personality cult, with validating authority, was created around him. This led several western schools of thought to c...
| Основен автор: | Estakhr, Mehdi. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
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Lewiston :
Edwin Mellen Press,
2011.
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Europe's fascination with Zoroaster began in the classical period. Celebrated as the embodiment of wisdom and morality, and enjoying the prestige of an unfathomable antiquity, a personality cult, with validating authority, was created around him. This led several western schools of thought to claim him as their precursor and first master; foisting their own ideas under him to give them validity. When Zoroaster was metamorphed into an astrologer, his authority was also sought by those circles for which astrological occurences provided proof for claims they made, such as certain Neo-Platonists a. |
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1 online resource (614 pages) |
| ISBN: |
9780773418622 0773418628 |