The first maxim of Descartes book in part 3 talks about how it was important to him to obey the laws of his country and the importance of religion. Growing up with his family at a young age he was instilled with certain values and guidelines to insure that he would try to better himself. To me this means that as a child most people are raised with certain rules that they are suppose to follow. People are brought up to follow religion and certain customs of their families. Descartes values played a huge part in becoming the man he wanted to be and he made sure that he lived up to the expectations of himself and his family.