Karel Čapek · 1922
The Makropulos Affair
- Original title
- Věc Makropulos
- Language
- Czech
- Form
- Fiction
- Text
- No text yet
- English
- No English translation · No public-domain English translation confirmed.
- Selected
- Ben Breen, 2026-09-29; suggested by Claude research agents, 29 Sep 2026
- Status
- Arguments unverified; quotations chosen by machine, unchecked
Q15TRANSCENDENCE
Should extending human life indefinitely be a goal of technical progress?No. prolonged life is not worth having. A singer who has lived over 300 years by an elixir finds such a long life empty, and the recipe is burned rather than used.
Premiere Vinohrady Theatre 21 Nov 1922 (Wikipedia); Czech Wikipedia notes Metchnikoff as prompt.