Descartes is also credited as being the founder of geometry and Cartesian coordinates. ... Also, natural law obligated that "no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions". 3 The state formed by the social contract was guided by the natural laws, which guaranteed those inalienable rights. ... His humanist perspective was put so well in rhyme making mankind pursue the true knowledge of God. " Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of Mankind is man-. 6 Society is still trying to understand the study of man. ...

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