The art of living long /
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...
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New York, NY :
Springer Pub. Co.,
©2005.
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| Series: | Classics in longevity and aging series.
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Table of 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.