Zarathustra
Ancient Iranian founder
Zarathustra is the German form of Zoroaster, the ancient Persian prophet who founded Zoroastrianism.
The name is best known through Nietzsche's philosophical work *Thus Spoke Zarathustra*, where the prophet serves as a mouthpiece for ideas about the Übermensch and eternal recurrence.
Richard Strauss's tone poem of the same name opens with the famous sunrise fanfare: the 2001: A Space Odyssey theme is from Also sprach Zarathustra.
Self-surpassing human ideal
- will to powerDrive toward self-mastery, dominance
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- self-overcomingSurpassing your former limits
- transvaluationReassessing fundamental worth
antichrist · superman · individualism · genealogy · last man · abyss · parable · mountain
Zoroastrian house of worship
One who envisions futures
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- revelatorOne who reveals
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- messengerOne who delivers communications
herald · reformer · monotheism · revelation · divine mission · teachings · disciples · conversion
Übermensch
Self-surpassing human ideal
- will to powerDrive toward self-mastery, dominance
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- self-overcomingSurpassing your former limits
transvaluation · antichrist · superman · individualism · genealogy · last man · abyss · parable · mountain · serpent
fire temple
Zoroastrian house of worship
seer
One who envisions futures
messenger · herald · reformer · monotheism · revelation · divine mission · teachings · disciples · conversion · preacher
Persia
Iran's former name
- CyrusPersian royal name
- DariusPersian royal name
- PersepolisAchaemenid Empire's grand capital
Zarathustraatheist
One denying gods exist
secular humanist · Epicurus · secularist · Lucretius · materialist
Zarathustrathe herd
Group of grazing animals
slave morality · Schopenhauer · nihilist · Saint Paul · Socrates