In a book entitled “Napoleon, in the Other World” written by an anonymous author believed to be 19^th c. Swiss officer and “father of modern military strategy” Baron Antoine-Henri Jomini, whose works were taught at West Point before the Civil War, one reads:

“Zoroaster, the great philosopher of antiquity, with justice defined the world a discordant harmony of things.”

[pic source zoroastrians.net:  Zoroaster’s statue at Museum of World Religions in Taiwan… for educational purposes only]