René Binet (translator)
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René Binet was a French professor and translator. He was professor of rhetoric
at the collège du Plessis, rector of the Université de Paris in 1791, then proviseur (director) of the lycée Bonaparte.
From the German
Rhetoric
Rhetoric is the art of discourse, an art that aims to improve the facility of speakers or writers who attempt to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations. As a subject of formal study and a productive civic practice, rhetoric has played a central role in the Western...
at the collège du Plessis, rector of the Université de Paris in 1791, then proviseur (director) of the lycée Bonaparte.
Traductions
From the Latin- HoraceHoraceQuintus Horatius Flaccus , known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus.-Life:...
: Œuvres (1783) - Valerius MaximusValerius MaximusValerius Maximus was a Latin writer and author of a collection of historical anecdotes. He worked during the reign of Tiberius .-Biography:...
: Œuvres (2 volumes, 1795) - VirgilVirgilPublius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English , was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues , the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid...
: Œuvres (4 volumes, 1803–1804)
From the German
- Christoph MeinersChristoph MeinersChristoph Meiners was a German philosopher and historian, born in Hemmoor. He supported a polygenist theory of human origins....
: Histoire de la décadence des mœurs chez les Romains et de ses effets dans les derniers tems de la République (1794)