Cornaro — The Sober Life
The West's most famous longevity classic — a Venetian nobleman who reversed his own decline through strict dietary moderation and lived to nearly 100. An introduction to the sober life.
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Cornaro — On a Temperate Life
Cornaro's First Discourse, written at 83 — how a dying man of forty restored himself to health through a strict, simple, temperate diet, and the doctrine of the sober life.
Cornaro — Correcting an Infirm Constitution
Cornaro's Second Discourse, written at 86 — that even a weak or ruined constitution can be rebuilt through the sober life, illustrated by his own recovery from a grave accident without bleeding or medicine.
Cornaro — Happiness in Old Age
Cornaro's Third Discourse, written at 91 — a joyful defense of old age, refuting the belief that later years must be wretched, and describing his own vigorous, contented late life.