Thesis focuses on the most important concepts of the ideal human from antiquity till Middle Ages. The Thesis is divided in seven parts, introduction and conclusion included. Second chapter is focused on two types of ideals, i.e. the Spartian type and the Athenian one. Chapter 3 is concentrated on the Middle Ages' ideals. We can distinguish aristocratic ideal and the burgeosie one. Chapter 3 contains the ideal of the saint too. Chapter 4 concentrates on the Renaissance ideals with follow the evolution of the aristocratic and the bourgeosie ideals. Chapter 5 gives information on the baroque period and its ideals. Chapter 6 focuses on the polarity between the ideal of the "good savage" and the enlightened citizen.