Rene Descartes is frequently considered the first modern philosopher. His
first publication, Discourse on Method (1637), was the touchstone of the
scientific method. A response to the lack of clarity he saw in the world of
science, Discourse describes how scientific study should be prosecuted so
as to achieve the utmost clarity, by using deductive reasoning to test
hypotheses. Descartes explained that the test of an alleged truth is the
clarity with which it may be apprehended, or proven. "I think, therefore I am,"
(cogito ergo sum) is Descartes' famous example of the most clearly apprehended
truth. In effect, the evidence of thought proves the hypothesis of existence.
New industried created mass production techniques which created cheaper, mass-produced products and increased employment stimulated further the demand for goods, and thus created the consumer boom which led to economic prosperity.
I think it was against <span>The Northern Securities Company, which was a railroad t</span>rust. It was formed in 1901 and it was sued by the government under Theodore Roosevelt in 1902.
