The art of living long / Louis Cornaro ; 1903 English translation by William F. Butler
- Author
- Cornaro, Luigi, 1475-1566
- Uniform Title
- Discorsi della vita sobria. English
- Published
- New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., [2005]
- Copyright Date
- ©2005
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 136 pages) : illustrations
- Additional Creators
- Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719, Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, Temple, William, 1628-1699, and International Longevity Center
Access Online
- Series
- Contents
- To Louis Cornaro / Randall -- Addison in the Spectator, October 13, 1711 -- Renaissance paths to prolongevity: Cornaro and Bacon -- The live and writings of Louis Cornaro -- The temperate life by Louis Cornaro -- First discourse -- Second discourse -- Third discourse -- Fourth Discourse -- Selections from Lord Bacon's History of life and death, etc. -- Selections from Sir William Temple's Health and long life, etc. -- A short history of the Cornaro Family -- Some account of eminent Cornaros -- Gamba's eulogy upon Louis Cornaro -- Lovarini's The villas erected by Louis Cornaro.
- Summary
- Sixteenth century Venetian Ambassador and Renaissance Christian Luigi Cornaro was celebrated in his time for his stance on dietary self-restraint, moderate living, and living to the age of 103. For these hundred of years his classic book has survived as a renowned text on longevity and an inspiring treatise on the path of temperance that the author believed could lead anyone out of a state of illness and into a healthy long life. The Art of Living Long contains Cornaro's four discourses, respectively concerned with demonstrating his ideas through his own example, exploring the necessity of tem.
- Subject(s)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9780826126962 (electronic bk.)
0826126960 (electronic bk.)
9780826126955
0826126952 - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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