Editing Zoroaster (section)

== Notable influence on modern Western culture ==
The German composer [[Richard Strauss]]'s [[Symphonic poem|tone-poem]] {{lang|de|[[Also sprach Zarathustra (Strauss)|Also sprach Zarathustra]]}} (1896) was inspired by Nietzsche's book.

[[File:2010 Appellate courthouse statues 1&2.jpg|thumb|Zoroaster statue (left) atop the Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State]]
A sculpture of Zoroaster by [[Edward Clark Potter]], representing ancient Persian judicial wisdom and dating to 1896, towers over the [[Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State]] at East 25th Street and Madison Avenue in [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Edward Clark Potter |url=https://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/library-lions/edward-clark-potter |website=New York Public Library |publisher=The New York Public Library}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iroon.com/irtn/photo/1756/ | title = Tall Statue of Zoroaster in New York | script-title=fa:ایرون دات کام: عکس ها: مجسّمهٔ تمام قّدِ زرتشت در نیویورک |language=fa |publisher=Iroon.com |access-date=2013-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.courts.state.ny.us/history/legal-history-new-york/documents/Courthouse_Appellate-First-Courthouse.pdf| title = Pages 9–12 of}}</ref> A sculpture of Zoroaster is included among other prominent religious figures in a procession representing major faith traditions on the south side of [[Rockefeller Chapel|Rockefeller Memorial Chapel]] at the [[University of Chicago]]. It features figures from Abraham to the Reformation, illustrating a historical continuum of religious thought that includes the likes of Zoroaster, [[Moses]], Plato and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rockefeller.uchicago.edu/architecture/exterior.shtml |title=Rockefeller Memorial Chapel &#124; the University of Chicago |access-date=December 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111062530/http://rockefeller.uchicago.edu/architecture/exterior.shtml |archive-date=January 11, 2014 }}</ref>