Ormuzd's Living Word to Zoroaster

knowledge, or whether it was already a worsening
and a decline of previous, better insights
and principles? And this seems
now to be the recurring error of those
who occupy themselves with the noble question of the
foundation of human knowledge and
its progress. If I am
not mistaken, the antiquity Antiquity: The ancient past, specifically the period of history before the Middle Ages. of the Eastern
peoples original: "morgenländischer Völker," a term used in the 18th century to describe civilizations of the Near and Middle East, such as the Persians, Babylonians, or Hebrews. in Asia gives far better
and more certain results in this matter than any of
the other uncertain reports: it
would also lead much more reliably in
answering the question: whether the knowledge
of the One God preceded polytheism original: "Vielgötterey," meaning the worship of many gods.,
or whether the latter preceded the former?
It is a remarkable phenomenon that all ancient
Asian tribes original: "Völkerschaften" knew the One God,
who became increasingly foreign,
the further the tribes were removed from [the source].
If indeed the Zoroastri- The text cuts off mid-word, likely continuing as "Zoroastrian" (Zoroastrische) on the following page.