Rousseau was never permitted to play in the street with other children.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer and composer who was born in Geneva, his political philosophy influenced the progress of the Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political and educational thought.
His Discourse on Inequality and The Social Contract are cornerstones in modern political and social thought.
He onced confessed that he was never permitted, while under paternal inspection, to play in the street with other children.