《回到马修撒拉时代》——萧伯纳思想宣言

Back to Methuselah——George Bernard Shaw's Manifesto of Thought

《回到马修撒拉时代》是萧伯纳的一部重要剧作,在该剧里,萧伯纳对于其创造进化论思想以及人类自身弱点与社会问题进行了阐释。萧伯纳认为,目前人类自身存在着严重的劣性,在生命力的作用下,他们将进化为超人,而超人将能够解决目前人类无力解决的社会问题和自身弊端。两性关系中的婚姻将不复存在。该剧对于帝国主义战争和英国议会制度也进行了批判。

Back to Methuselah is an important drama written by George Bernard Shaw. In this drama, Shaw explains his Creative Evolution, analyses human being＇ s weakness as well as social problems. Shaw believes that the human being himself has serious inferior qualities, and under the command of life force he will evolve into the superman, who will be able to solve social problems which are beyond the power of present human beings and overcome human being＇ s weakness. Marriage will disappear between the two sexes. This drama also critieises British parliament and wars among imperialist powers.