Importance of the Position of Evil and Good Forces in Zoroastrian Cosmology and Anthropology
Subject Areas : Islamic theologyمنصوره اسکندری 1 , عبدالحسین طریقی 2 , بهزاد سالکی 3
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In the beginning, there was nothing but only Ahura Mazda, the lord of wisdom , who lived in endless light , and his twin Ahriman, the spirit of evil ,who lived in absolute darkness, Between them lay only emptiness. If these two antonym forces hadn,t been against , human,s life wouldn,t have had diversity. Also , if this univers had been created only based on one of these forces (good and evil) the life wouldn,t have had meaning. So the contrast between these two antonym forces , has revealed human positions, as these two forces , one force has appeared as the axis of goodness and one force has appeared as the axis of evil. At last the battle good and evil ends by wisdom between of human and the good force is gained vivtory this battle. therefore this present study discus about why Importance of good and evil forces in cosmology and anthropology of the Zoroastrian.
