In the vast panorama of specialized studies on identity, if there is no univocal and exhaustive definition of the same, there is, however, a common denominator: that of the relationship and its value. In the relationship with the other we become fully ourselves.

Starting from the belief that it is love that conveys the realization of the self, it is possible to overturn, complete and amplify the Cartesian statement according to which "I think, therefore I am". That is, the awareness emerges that identity is not affirmed and realized in a rational way, but in an existential and experiential way. The preferential lane is that of affectivity: “I love, therefore I am”.