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    The Art of Preserving Health - A Poem in Four Books
    The Art of Preserving Health - A Poem in Four Books
    The Art of Preserving Health - A Poem in Four Books
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    The Art of Preserving Health - A Poem in Four Books

    By John Armstrong

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    This is a very old book of poems dating from 1744. The four books are four aspects of what is needed to create and maintain health: Air; Diet; Exercise; The Passions. The first three are straightforward. In 'the passions' Armstrong is really talking about mental health and describes it thus, " it now remains to trace What good what evil from ourselves proceeds: And how the subtle principle within Inspires with health, or mines with strange decay The passive body."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateJul 20, 2022
    ISBN8596547086970
    The Art of Preserving Health - A Poem in Four Books
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    John Armstrong

    John Armstrong is Philosopher in Residence at the Melbourne Business School and Senior Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor of Melbourne University. Born in Glasgow and educated at Oxford and London, he has lived in Australia since 2001. He is the author of several internationally acclaimed books on art, aesthetics and philosophy, including In Search of Civilization, Conditions of Love: The Philosophy of Intimacy, Love, Life, Goethe: How to be Happy in an Imperfect World, and The Secret Power of Beauty.

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