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 temperate habits, assuring a happy old age, and exhorting mankind to follow his rule. With introductions by Dr. Gerald Gruman and Joseph Addison, and additional essays by Lord Bacon and Sir William Temple.
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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 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.
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An example of calorie restriction,
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This is the earliest written book on the benefits of calorie restiction I have found. The author's observations and benefits of his personal lifestyle correlate with recent scientific fidnings which include enhanced resistance to disease, increased stress resistance, increased lifespan, and increased function into old age. However, the reader should be advised by a physician and I recommend reading a study in Spain by Valejo (PubMed) as well as literature by Masaro (serarch Amazon or PubMed) and DK Ingram (PubMed) on the effects of dietary/calorie restriction. - Bruce Jones, Scientific Researcher and Medical Student (2005)
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An account of a man who promotes the values of temperance in regards to diet. A very refreshing point of view with regards to current temptations to indulge in the many wonderfully sweet foods created via technology.
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It is certain that habit, in man, eventually becomes second nature, compelling him to practice that to which he has become accustomed, regardless of whether such a thing be beneficial or injurious to him. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Louis Cornaro, Cornaro Palace, Queen of Cyprus, Grand Canal, Euganean Hills, Queen Caterina, Bishopric of Padua, Bishop of Padua, Cardinal Pisani, Cornaro Chapel, Doge Giovanni, King of Cyprus, National Portrait Gallery, Street of the Queen New!
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It is certain that habit, in man, eventually becomes second nature, compelling him to practice that to which he has become accustomed, regardless of whether such a thing be beneficial or injurious to him. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
temperate life, radical moisture, orderly life Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Louis Cornaro, Cornaro Palace, Queen of Cyprus, Grand Canal, Euganean Hills, Queen Caterina, Bishopric of Padua, Bishop of Padua, Cardinal Pisani, Cornaro Chapel, Doge Giovanni, King of Cyprus, National Portrait Gallery, Street of the Queen New!
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- The New Atlantis and The City of the Sun: Two Classic Utopias by Francis Bacon on 6 pages
- History Of Life And Death by Francis Bacon on page 53, and page 55
- Health and Long Life by William Temple on page 53, and page 71
- The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Penguin Classics) by Jacob Burckhardt in Front Matter
- Growth Theory: An Exposition by Robert M. Solow in Front Matter
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- Art of Living Long by William F. Introduction by Butler on 10 pages
- The Lady Cornaro: Pride and Prodigy of Venice by Jane Howard Guernsey on 4 pages
- A History of Ideas About the Prolongation of Life (Classics in Longevity and Aging) by Gerald Gruman MD PhD in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Philistine - A Periodical of Protest, December 1903 to May 1904 by Elbert Hubbard on page 64
- Perspectives on American Religion and Culture: A Reader by Peter W. Williams on page 218
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