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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cornaro, Luigi, 1475-1566
Corporate Author: International Longevity Center
Other Authors: Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719, Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, Temple, William, 1628-1699
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Italiano
Published: New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., ©2005.
Series:Classics in longevity and aging series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 136 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780826126962
0826126960
9780826126955
0826126952