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Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological PentateuchBernard Shaw

Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch

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Original author: Bernard Shaw

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"Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch" by Bernard Shaw is a cycle of five plays written between 1918 and 1920. Shaw proposes a radical solution to humanity's problems: people must evolve to live for centuries instead of decades. Only through extended lifespans, he argues, can humans gain the wisdom needed to govern complex civilizations. The plays span from the Garden of Eden to the year 31,920, exploring how humanity might transform through Creative Evolution and the Life Force to achieve this extraordinary longevity.

Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch, by Bernard Shaw. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #13084.

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16 Chapters

  1. 1.Preface: The Infidel Half Century (1)8,890 words
  2. 2.Preface: The Infidel Half Century (2)8,767 words
  3. 3.Preface: The Infidel Half Century (3)8,711 words
  4. 4.Preface: The Infidel Half Century (4)2,596 words
  5. 5.Act I5,234 words
  6. 6.Act II5,795 words
  7. 7.Part II: The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas (1)8,590 words
  8. 8.Part II: The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas (2)7,934 words
  1. 9.Part III: The Thing Happens (1)8,530 words
  2. 10.Part III: The Thing Happens (2)5,205 words
  3. 11.Act I11,549 words
  4. 12.Act II6,164 words
  5. 13.Act III2,748 words
  6. 14.Part V: As Far as Thought can Reach (1)8,610 words
  7. 15.Part V: As Far as Thought can Reach (2)8,605 words
  8. 16.Part V: As Far as Thought can Reach (3)1,321 words