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Zarathushtra
Zarathushtra, also known as Zoroaster, was an ancient Iranian prophet and religious reformer, regarded as the founder of Zoroastrianism, the world’s oldest known monotheistic faith. Zarathushtra was born around the 2nd millennium BCE in eastern Iran (conservative estimates place his birth around c. 1000 BCE). Born into a family of priestly or noble status, Zarathushtra was educated from a young age and became a pries
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Zarathustra recasts freedom as a moral choice at the heart of human life, namely, truth over falsehood and justice over domination. By grounding authority in ethical responsibility rather than inherited power, his vision made individual conscience a decisive force in the struggle against tyranny. Zarathustra sharpens liberty into a stark moral choice, casting human freedom as allegiance between Ahura Mazda and Ahriman—a dualism that made judgment, heaven, and hell the ultimate consequences of choosing good or evil.