AHRIMAN (Gr. 'Apecµavios in

See also:

• ARISTOTLE
• ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.)

Aristotle, or 'Apeiµav+7s in

See also:

• AGATHIAS (c. A.D. 536—582)

Agathias; in the Avesta, Angr3 Mainyush)—" the Destructive Spirit ")  , the name of the principle of evil in the dualistic doctrine of Zoroaster . The name does not occur in the Old Persian inscriptions . In the Avesta he is called the twin-brother of the Holy Spirits, and contrasted either with the Holy Spirit of Ormazd or with Ormazd himself . He is the all-destroying Satan, the source of all evil in the world and, like Ormazd, exists since the beginning of the world . Eventually, in . the great world catastrophe, he will be defeated by Ormazd and disappear . The later sect of the Zervanites held that both were visible manifestations of the primeval principle Zruvan akarana (Infinite Time) .