Name of Iran their country "Arya", "Iran", "Iranshahr", "Iranzamin" (Land of Iran), "Aryānām" (the equivalent of "Iran" in the proto-Iranian language) or its equivalents. The term "Arya" has been used by the Iranian people, as well as by the rulers and emperors of Iran, from the time of the Avesta. Evidently from the time of the Sassanids (226–651 CE) Iranians have called it "Iran", meaning "the land of Aryans" and "Iranshahr". In Middle Persian sources, the name "Arya" and "Iran" is used for the pre-Sassanid Iranian empires as well as the Sassanid empire. As an example, the use of the name "Iran" for
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life book, the German and consequently also the Czech translation used a fitting summary as the name of the book "We All Play-Act" (German: "Wir Alle Spielen Theater", Czech: "Všichni hrajeme divadlo"), apart from the names in other languages that usually translate the title literally. Another translation, which also builds on the leading theatrical theme, rather than the original title, is the Swedish title of the book "Jaget och Maskerna" which literally translates "The self and the masks - A study of everyday-life drama". Philosopher Helmut R. Wagner called "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life" "by far" Goffman's best book