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There is little doubt that until the midnineteenth century, when Haug’s research appeared and the Parsis of India were experiencing the reforming pressures exerted by monotheistic religions, Zoroastrianism flourished as a sturdily dualistic religion that provided a comprehensive framework for human...

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Published inThirty-Five Oriental Philosophers pp. 13 - 17
Main Authors Collinson, Diané, Wilkinson, Dr Robert, Wilkinson, Robert
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
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Angra Mainyu
Comprehensive Framework
Vernal Equinox
Humane Living
New Year’s Day
Dead Sea Scrolls
Zoroastrian Doctrine
Joyous Feasts
Dualist Doctrine
Spring
Angra
Sea
Jewish Sect
Oriental Philosophers
Foster
Force Of Evil
Ahura Mazda
Held
Ahura
Spring Life
Noblest Aspects
Framework
Original Doctrines
Monotheistic Religions
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Summary:There is little doubt that until the midnineteenth century, when Haug’s research appeared and the Parsis of India were experiencing the reforming pressures exerted by monotheistic religions, Zoroastrianism flourished as a sturdily dualistic religion that provided a comprehensive framework for human and humane living. Although many of the details of its original doctrines are now lost, it is clear that the broad philosophical conceptions it embodied are of the kind that spring from and foster some of the noblest aspects of human nature: a love of freedom, the enjoyment of work, a sense of community, valour in the face of evil and an awareness of the mystery of creation and goodness that expresses itself in a sensuous care of the world and its creatures.
DOI:10.4324/9780203029350-4