Luigi Cornaro

Alvise [ also Aluise or Luigi ] Cornaro (* 1467 in Venice, † 1565 in Padua ) was an Italian humanist, an agricultural economist, writer, villa owners and patron.

Life and work

Luigi Cornaro is one of the paradigms of individuals in the Renaissance and made by his treatise From modest life ( Discorsi della vita sobria ) talked about. In this autobiography, which he wrote 83 years old, he extolled the joys of his age against many who had much less of age. He saw the health condition for the achievement of a high age in the observance of a strict diet to which he decided according to previous illnesses. In his possessions, he became involved with the draining of swamps and the reclamation of cultivated land and fought for the preservation of the lagoon. In his treatise, he served as evidence for the happiness of his age - and orientable it ( t) generations of imitators en - he could cross country running, horseback riding, hunting, despite his advanced age, as never before singing, would be cheerful and very healthy, umgäbe always with stimulating contemporaries, living alternately in two magnificent villas, suitable designed for the enjoyment of the seasons, a lot of travel, visit friends and would meet there professionals of all knowledge categories, do not listen to, learn from impressions and from meetings, delight of his eleven healthy and educated grandson and I recently even written a comedy, what you no longer zutraue old people ... age of 95, Cornaro could enjoy the joy of the influence of his treatise. Cornaro died almost 100 years old in Padua.

Services

Cornaro was confident the life of an agile high elderly awarded like no other. In the landscape of care he has rendered outstanding services to the conservation of lagoons and the reclamation of cultivated land.