The art of living long / Louis Cornaro ; 1903 English translation by William F. Butler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cornaro, Luigi, 1475-1566.

Contributor:

Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719.

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.

Temple, William, 1628-1699.

International Longevity Center.

Series:

Classics in longevity and aging series.

Classics in longevity and aging series

Standardized Title:

Discorsi della vita sobria. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Longevity.

Longevity--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., c2005.

Language Note:

English

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

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.

Notes:

"In cooperation with the International Longevity Center."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-81159-9

9786611811594

0-8261-2696-0

OCLC:

476263309