| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 136 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Classics in longevity and aging series |
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Classics in longevity and aging series.
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| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Longevity.
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Longevity -- Early works to 1800
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Longevity
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
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Longevity
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| Genre/Form |
Early works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719
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Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
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Temple, William, 1628-1699.
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International Longevity Center.
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| ISBN |
9780826126962 |
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0826126960 |
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9780826126955 |
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0826126952 |
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