Zoroaster his subjects to adopt the religion of the Magians. Recalling other tradition, al-Tabari (i.681–683) recounts that Zaradusht accompanied a Jewish prophet to Bishtasb/Vishtaspa. Upon their arrival, Zaradusht translated the sage's Hebrew teachings for the king and so convinced him to convert (Tabari also notes that they had previously been "Sabi"s) to the Magian religion. The 12th-century heresiographer al-Shahrastani describes the Majusiya into three sects, the "Kayumarthiya", the "Zurwaniya" and the "Zaradushtiya", among which Al-Shahrastani asserts that only the last of the three were properly followers of Zoroaster. As regards the recognition of a prophet, Zoroaster has said: "They ask you
Thus Spoke Zarathustra Zarathustra recognizing that his legacy is beginning to perpetuate, and consequently choosing to leave the higher men to their own devices in carrying his legacy forth. "Zarathustra" also contains the famous dictum "God is dead", which had appeared earlier in "The Gay Science". In his autobiographical work "Ecce Homo", Nietzsche states that the book's underlying concept is discussed within "the penultimate section of the fourth book" of 'The Gay Science' ("Ecce Homo", Kaufmann). It is the eternal recurrence of the same events. This concept first occurred to Nietzsche while he was walking in Switzerland through the woods along the lake