Ancient philosophy

This page lists some links to ancient philosophy. In Europe, the spread of Christianity through the Roman world marked the end of Hellenistic philosophy and ushered in the beginnings of Medieval philosophy.

Old Iranian philosophy

While there are ancient relations between the Indian Vedas and the Iranian Avesta, the two main families of the Indo-Iranian philosophical traditions were characterized by fundamental differences in their implications for the human being's position in society and their view on the role of man in the universe. The first charter of human rights by Cyrus the Great is widely seen as a reflection of the questions and thoughts expressed by Zarathustra and developped in zoroastrian schools of thought.

Related Topics:
Vedas - Avesta - Human rights - Cyrus the Great - Zarathustra

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• Avesta
• Gathas
• Zarathustra
• Zoroastrianism
• Mazdakism
• Manichaeism