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"므두셀라로 돌아가기: 메타생물학적 오경"은 조지 버나드 쇼(George Bernard Shaw)가 1921년에 출판한 희곡입니다. 이 희곡은 진화, 장수, 인간의 미래에 대한 주제를 탐구하는 5부 또는 종종 "오각형"이라고 불리는 막으로 구성되어 있습니다. 인류. 제목은 유난히 긴 수명으로 유명한 성서 인물인 므두셀라를 가리킨다.
"Back to Methuselah"의 각 막은 인간 진화의 다양한 단계를 제시하고 삶과 죽음, 인간 잠재력에 대한 철학적 아이디어를 탐구합니다. Shaw는 생물학적 진화의 개념을 사용하여 사회적, 정치적 진화를 논의하고 전통적인 아이디어에 도전하며 진보와 변화를 옹호합니다.
이 연극은 복잡한 주제와 생각을 자극하는 대화로 유명하며, 풍자와 진지한 사회적 논평을 종종 혼합하는 Shaw의 글쓰기 스타일의 전형적인 특징입니다. 이 작품은 Shaw의 레퍼토리와 현대 연극사에서 중요한 작품으로 남아 있습니다.

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"Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch" is a play by George Bernard Shaw, published in 1921. It consists of five parts, or acts, often referred to as a "pentalogy," exploring themes of evolution, longevity, and the future of humanity. The title refers to Methuselah, the biblical figure known for his exceptionally long lifespan.
Each act of "Back to Methuselah" presents a different stage in human evolution and explores philosophical ideas about life, death, and human potential. Shaw uses the concept of biological evolution to discuss social and political evolution, challenging traditional ideas and advocating for progress and change.
The play is known for its complex themes and thought-provoking dialogues, typical of Shaw's writing style which often mixes satire with serious social commentary. It remains a significant work in Shaw's repertoire and in the history of modern drama.

Summary
One day early in the eighteen hundred and sixties, I, being then a small boy, was with my nurse, buying something in the shop of a petty newsagent, bookseller, and stationer in Camden Street, Dublin, when there entered an elderly man, weighty and solemn, who advanced to the counter, and said pompously, 'Have you the works of the celebrated Buffoon?'
My own works were at that time unwritten, or it is possible that the shop assistant might have misunderstood me so far as to produce a copy of Man and Superman. As it was, she knew quite well what he wanted; for this was before the Education Act of 1870 had produced shop assistants who know how to read and know nothing else.
- THE DAWN OF DARWINISM_

Contents
THE INFIDEL HALF CENTURY
THE DAWN OF DARWINISM
THE ADVENT OF THE NEO-DARWINIANS
POLITICAL INADEQUACY OF THE HUMAN ANIMAL
COWARDICE OF THE IRRELIGIOUS
IS THERE ANY HOPE IN EDUCATION?
HOMEOPATHIC EDUCATION
THE DIABOLICAL EFFICIENCY OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION
FLIMSINESS OF CIVILIZATION
CREATIVE EVOLUTION
VOLUNTARY LONGEVITY
THE EARLY EVOLUTIONISTS
THE ADVENT OF THE NEO-LAMARCKIANS
HOW ACQUIREMENTS ARE INHERITED
THE MIRACLE OF CONDENSED RECAPITULATION
HEREDITY AN OLD STORY
DISCOVERY ANTICIPATED BY DIVINATION
CORRECTED DATES FOR THE DISCOVERY OF EVOLUTION
DEFYING THE LIGHTNING: A FRUSTRATED EXPERIMENT
IN QUEST OF THE FIRST CAUSE
PALEY'S WATCH
THE IRRESISTIBLE CRY OF ORDER, ORDER!
THE MOMENT AND THE MAN
THE BRINK OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT
WHY DARWIN CONVERTED THE CROWD
HOW WE RUSHED DOWN A STEEP PLACE
DARWINISM NOT FINALLY REFUTABLE
THREE BLIND MICE
THE GREATEST OF THESE IS SELF-CONTROL
A SAMPLE OF LAMARCKO-SHAVIAN INVECTIVE
THE HUMANITARIANS AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL
HOW ONE TOUCH OF DARWIN MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD KIN
WHY DARWIN PLEASED THE SOCIALISTS
DARWIN AND KARL MARX
WHY DARWIN PLEASED THE PROFITEERS ALSO
THE POETRY AND PURITY OF MATERIALISM
THE VICEROYS OF THE KING OF KINGS
POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM IN EXCELSIS
THE BETRAYAL OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
CIRCUMSTANTIAL SELECTION IN FINANCE
THE HOMEOPATHIC REACTION AGAINST DARWINISM
RELIGION AND ROMANCE
THE DANGER OF REACTION
A TOUCHSTONE FOR DOGMA
WHAT TO DO WITH THE LEGENDS
A LESSON FROM SCIENCE TO THE CHURCHES
THE RELIGIOUS ART OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
THE ARTIST-PROPHETS
EVOLUTION IN THE THEATRE
MY OWN PART IN THE MATTER

BACK TO METHUSELAH.
PART I?In the Beginning
ACT I
ACT II
PART II?The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas
PART III?The Thing Happens
PART IV?Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
PART V.?As Far as Thought can Reach