معرفت ادیان

Verification of ideas in philosophy removes the seed of doubt and offers wider ways for the maturity of thought. The purpose of this research is to study epistemology of the Gathas. This research is fundamental, in terms of its purpose, and has compiled library studies using "descriptive-analytical" method with a "qualitative" approach. According to the results of this research: there are two types of acquired and immediate knowledge in "Gathas". The tools of cognition are: sense, heart, nature and intellect; and cognition is obtained through prayer, belief and awareness, good thought, companionship with sages, "Asha" and Ahuraian education. Obstacles to cognition are wrong beliefs, wrong religion, wrong education and lack of consultation with good thoughts. Correspondence with reality is the criterion of the truth of cognition, and revelation and intellect are the criterion of justification and validity of all kinds of knowledge. Traces of pragmatism were also observed in the religious realism of the “Gathas”. Perhaps one of the reasons that Iranian scholars have payed attention to Islam, especially the Qur'an and the biography of the Prophetic family, is the teachings of Zoroaster.