Discourses on a Sober and Temperate Life

Luigi Cornaro (1467-1566) was a Venetian nobleman whose contributions to the literature on health and longevity remain influential centuries after his time. Most renowned for his treatise 'Discourses on a Sober and Temperate Life', which he penned in his advanced years, Cornaro advocated for moderate consumption as the key to a prolonged and healthy life. His work, divided into four discourses, is...