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 name Zarathustra which has a significant meaning as he had used the familiar Greek-Latin name in his earlier works. It is believed that Nietzsche invents a characterization of Zarathustra as the mouthpiece for Nietzsche's own ideas against morality. Richard Strauss's Opus 30, inspired by Nietzsche's book, is also called "Also sprach Zarathustra". Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) and his wife reportedly claimed to have contacted Zoroaster through "automatic writing". A sculpture of Zoroaster by Edward Clark Potter, representing ancient Persian judicial wisdom and dating to 1896, towers over the Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State at East 25th