15th century in philosophy
This is a list of philosophy-related events in the 15th century.
Events
- 1433 - Baverius de Bonittis starts teaching philosophy and logic at the University of Bologna
- 1433 - Ambrogio Traversari completed his translation of ''Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers''
Publications
- 1433 - Lorenzo Valla publishes his much modified second edition of De voluptate while on sojourn in Pavia
- 1499 - Niccolò Machiavelli, Discorso sopra le cose di Pisa
- 1500 - Desiderius Erasmus, ''Collectanea Adagiorum''
Births
- 1433 - Marsilio Ficino. Christian Neoplatonist, head of Florentine Academy and major Renaissance Humanist figure. First translator of Plato's complete extant works into Latin.
- 1433 - Nil Sorsky, Russian Hesychast
- c.1467 - Desiderius Erasmus.
- 1467 - John Major (or Mair). Scottish logician
Deaths
- 1432 or 1433 - Ibn Turkah, an influential Turcoman scholar and Sufist philosopher at the School of Isfahan, exiled by Tamerlane until the latter's death. The date of Ibn Turkah's death is uncertain; either 1432 or 1433.
- 1499 - Marsilio Ficino. See