Shaw's 1921 play "Back to Methuselah" spans millennia to explore human potential for improvement through "creative evolution," emphasizing the capacity to will self-betterment.
George Bernard Shaw's play "Back to Methuselah" (1921) spans from Eden to 21,920, exploring human betterment through creative evolution and the will to change.
| Front | back to Methuselah |
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| Back | play in five parts Shaw 1921 from the garden of Eden to the year 21,920 he defines the modern world's dilemma creative evolution means change his aim was to demonstrate the capacity of humankind to will its own betterment. |
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