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Autore: | Cornaro Luigi <1475-1566.> |
Titolo: | The art of living long / / Louis Cornaro ; 1903 English translation by William F. Butler |
Pubblicazione: | New York, NY, : Springer Pub. Co., c2005 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (185 p.) |
Disciplina: | 613 |
Soggetto topico: | Longevity |
Altri autori: | AddisonJoseph <1672-1719.> BaconFrancis <1561-1626.> TempleWilliam, Sir, <1628-1699.> |
Note generali: | "In cooperation with the International Longevity Center." |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | The art of living long |
ISBN: | 1-281-81159-9 |
9786611811594 | |
0-8261-2696-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910824482303321 |
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