Persian literature in Western culture its narrative. Nietzsche, a radical opposer of Greek Metaphysical thought, was the author of the book "Thus Spoke Zarathustra", referring to the ancient Persian prophet Zoroaster, as the prophet of his philosophy. Nietzsche held very high interest and respect for Persians. For example, where he speaks about the Persian notion of history and "cyclical Eternal Time", he writes: "I must pay tribute to Zarathustra, a Persian, for Persians were the first who thought of history in its full entirety." and further adds: ""It was much more fortunate if Persians became masters (Herr) of the Greeks, than the very Romans." But
Zoroaster a biography typical of a Neopythagorean sage, i.e. having a mission preceded by ascetic withdrawal and enlightenment. However, at first mentioned in the context of dualism, in Moralia, Plutarch presents Zoroaster as "Zaratras," not realizing the two to be the same, and he is described as a "teacher of Pythagoras". Zoroaster has also been described as a sorcerer-astrologerthe creator of both magic and astrology. Deriving from that image, and reinforcing it, was a "mass of literature" attributed to him and that circulated the Mediterranean world from the 3rd century BCE to the end of antiquity and beyond. The language of