id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-417 Josiah Royce - Wikipedia .html text/html 5951 554 63 At Johns Hopkins he taught a course on the history of German thought, which was "one of his chief interests" because he was able to give consideration to the philosophy of history.[8] After four years at the University of California, Berkeley, he went to Harvard in 1882 as a sabbatical replacement for William James,[9] who was Royce's friend and philosophical antagonist. John Clendenning's 1999 book is the standard biography of Royce.[10] Autobiographical remarks by Royce can be found in Oppenheim's study.[11] In 1883 Royce was approached by a publishing company who asked him to write the state history of California, "In view of his precarious circumstances at Harvard and his desire to pursue the philosophical work for which he had come east, Royce found the prospect attractive […]. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-417.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-417.txt