Zoroaster parallels include the evident similarities between Amesha Spenta and the archangel Gabriel, and the mention of Thamud and the Iram of the Pillars in the Quran. These may also indicate the vast influence of the Achaemenid Empire on the development of either religion. The Sabaeans, who believed in free will coincident with Zoroastrians, are also mentioned in the Quran. Like the Greeks of classical antiquity, Islamic tradition understands Zoroaster to be the founding prophet of the Magians (via Aramaic, Arabic "Majus", collective "Majusya"). The 11th-century Cordoban Ibn Hazm (Zahiri school) contends that "Kitabi" "of the Book" cannot apply in light
Thus Spoke Zarathustra Zarathustra" is referenced in the Xenosaga video game series, even making it into the title of "Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra". The plot covers similar topics that Friedrich Nietzsche covers in his writings. The english translation of part 2 chapter 7 "Tarantulas" have been narrated by Jordan Peterson and musically toned by artist Akira the Don. Thus Spoke Zarathustra Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (, also translated as Thus Spake Zarathustra) is a philosophical novel by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, composed in four parts between 1883 and 1885 and published between 1883 and 1891. Much