15th century in philosophy
# 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 (On Pleasure) while on sojourn in Pavia
* 1499 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Discorso sopra le cose di Pisa
* 1500 – Desiderius Erasmus, Collectanea Adagiorum

## Births

* 1433 – Marsilio Ficino (d. 1499). Christian Neoplatonist, head of Florentine Academy and major Renaissance Humanist figure. First translator of Plato's complete extant works into Latin.
* 1433 – Nil Sorsky (d. 1508), Russian Hesychast
* c.1467 – Desiderius Erasmus (d. 1536).
* 1467 – John Major (or Mair) (d. 1550). Scottish logician

## Deaths

* 1432 or 1433 – Ibn Turkah (Sa'in al-Din Turkah Isfahani), 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 (b. 1433). See § Births
