The art of living long /

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Author / Creator:Cornaro, Luigi, 1475-1566.
Uniform title:Discorsi della vita sobria. English
Imprint:New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., ©2005.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 136 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Classics in longevity and aging series
Classics in longevity and aging series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11184082
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Other authors / contributors:Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719.
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
Temple, William, 1628-1699.
International Longevity Center.
ISBN:9780826126962
0826126960
9780826126955
0826126952
0826126952
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Cornaro, Luigi, 1475-1566. Discorsi della vita sobria. English. Art of living long. New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., ©2005 0826126952 9780826126955