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This is a timeline of philosophy-related events in the 14th century.
Events
1324 - William of Ockham was ordered to Avignon to defend his interpretation of Peter Lombard's Sentences (1150) before the papal court.Olson Roger E. The story of Christian theology: twenty centuries of tradition & reform 1999 InterVarsity Press 978-0-8308-1505-0 Downers Grove, Ill
1365 - The University of Vienna was founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria.
1370 - A Vietnamese Confucian mandarin, Lê Quát, unsuccessfully attempted to have Buddhism, the favoured religion of the Trần dynasty, declared heretical.Ly Hieu Tung 2021-09-01 Impacts of Confucianism on Vietnamese culture https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40636-021-00228-y International Communication of Chinese Culture en 8 3 347–361 10.1007/s40636-021-00228-y 2197-4241 subscription
1384 - Ibn Khaldun became Professor of the Qamhiyyah Madrasah in Egypt.Syed Farid Alatas Applying Ibn Khaldun: the recovery of a lost tradition in sociology 2014 Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 978-1-138-12596-4 Routledge advances in sociology London New York
Publications
1323 - The Summa Logicae, William of Ockham.
1377 - The Muqaddimah, Ibn Khaldun.
1390 - Iphak doseol, Kwŏn Kŭn.
1397 - Sambong chip, Chŏng Tojŏn.
Births
1320 - Albert of Saxony (d.1390), German philosopher and mathematician.
1328 - Yi Saek (d.1396), Korean writer, poet and philosopher at Sungkyunkwan academy.Herald Korea 2022-05-06 [Scholars and their Spaces] Sowing the seeds of Korean Neo-Confucianism, Yi Saek and Munheonsewon https://www.koreaherald.com/article/2859012 2025-05-04 The Korea Herald en
1332 - Ibn Khaldun (d.1406), Arab Islamic scholar, philosopher, historian and sociologist.
1337 - Chŏng Mong-ju (d.1392), Korean statesman, diplomat, philosopher, poet, calligrapher and reformist of the Goryeo period.dayhist.com Chŏng Mong-ju: The Iconic Korean Scholar and Diplomat https://dayhist.com/persons/cheng-mong-ju-iconic-korean-scholar 2025-05-05 dayhist.com en
1342 - Chŏng Tojŏn (d.1398), Korean scholar-official during the late Goryeo to the early Joseon periods.
1352 - Kwŏn Kŭn (d.1409), one of the first Neo-Confucian scholars of the Joseon dynasty.
1353 - Kil Chae (d.1419), Korean scholar-official near the end of the Goryeo dynasty.Yi Ki-baek A new history of Korea 1984 Published for the Harvard-Yenching Institute by Harvard University Press 978-0-674-61575-5 Cambridge, Mass en, ko
1380 - Nguyễn Trãi (d. 1442), Vietnamese Confucian scholar, poet and politician.
1396 - Chŏng Inji (d.1478), Korean historian and Neo-Confucian scholar.
Deaths
1306 - An Hyang (b.1243), Korean Confucian scholar.
1308 - John Duns Scotus (b.1255/6), Scottish Catholic priest and Franciscan friar, university professor, philosopher and theologian.Williams Thomas John Duns Scotus 2019 The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Zalta Edward N. https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2019/entries/duns-scotus/ 2025-05-04 Winter 2019 Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University Nodelman Uri
1316 - Pietro d'Abano (b.1357), Italian philosopher, astrologer, physician and professor of medicine in Padua.Premuda, Loris. "Abano, Pietro D'." in Dictionary of Scientific Biography. (1970). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Vol. 1: p.4-5.
1316 - Ramon Llull, philosopher, theologian and poet from Parma.
1317 - Purna Prajna (b.1278), Indian philosopher, theologian and proponent of the Dvaita school of Vedanta.Madhva Vedanta, Dvaita & Bhagavata Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Madhva 2025-05-04 www.britannica.com en
1322 - Petrus Aureoli (b.1280), scholastic philosopher and theologian.On Auriol – The Peter Auriol Homepage https://www.peterauriol.net/who/ 2025-05-04 en-US
1328 - Meister Eckhart (b.1260), German Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher and mystic.
1333 - Wú Chéng (b.1249), Neo-Confucian thinker in the late Song dynasty and Yuan dynasty.
1342 - U T'ak, (b.1262), Korean Neo-Confucian scholar and philosopher during the Goryeo dynasty.
1345 - Cheng Duanli (b.1271), Neo-Confucian scholar of the Yuan Dynasty.
1347 - Abner of Burgos (b.1270), Castilian polemical writer and Jewish philosopher who converted to Christianity.Szpiech Ryan From Testimonia to Testimony: Thirteenth-Century Anti-Jewish Polemic and the Mostrador de justicia of Abner of Burgos/Alfonso of Valladolid 2006 Dissertation, Yale University 2027.42/64011
1347 - William of Ockham (b.1287), Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher, apologist, and theologian from Surrey.Spade Paul Vincent William of Ockham 2025 The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Zalta Edward N. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ockham/ 2025-05-04 Summer 2025 Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University Panaccio Claude Pelletier Jenny Nodelman Uri
1358 - Adam of Wodeham (b.1298), English philosopher and theologian.Slotemaker John T. Adam de Wodeham 2025 The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Zalta Edward N. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wodeham/ 2025-05-04 Spring 2025 Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University Witt Jeffrey C. Nodelman Uri
1370 - Chu Văn An (b.1292), Confucian, teacher, physician, and high-ranking mandarin of the Trần dynasty in Đại Việt.
1390 - Albert of Saxony (b.1320), German philosopher and mathematician.
1391 - Mādhavācārya (b.1296), Indian scholar usually identified with Vidyaranya, the jagadguru of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham from 1374-1380 until 1386.Biography of Sri Vidyaranya https://www.sringeri.net/jagadgurus/sri-vidyaranya/biography 2025-05-04 www.sringeri.net en
1392 - Chŏng Mong-ju (b.1337), Korean statesman, diplomat, philosopher, poet, calligrapher and reformist of the Goryeo period.
1396 - Yi Saek (b.1328), Korean, writer, poet and philosopher at Sungkyunkwan academy.
1398 - Chŏng Tojŏn (b.1342), Korean scholar-official during the late Goryeo to the early Joseon periods.
See also
List of centuries in philosophy
Further reading
Frederick Denison Maurice. Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy. New Edition. Macmillan and Co. London. 1872. Volume 2 ("Fourteenth century to the French Revolution with A Glimpse into the Nineteenth Century"). Chapter 1 ("The Fourteenth Century"). Pages 1 to 33.
William J Courtenay. Changing Approaches to Fourteenth-Century Thought. Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. 2007. (Etienne Gilson series, volume 29). Google Books.
Stephen F Brown, Thomas Dewender and Theo Kobusch (eds). Philosophical Debates at Paris in the Early Fourteenth Century. Brill. Leiden and Boston. 2009. Google Books
Notes
Note Date of birth also given as 1246 and 1250.
Date of death also given as 1278.
Date of birth also given as 1199.
References
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