The idea of an authentic Other is upheld by our notion of the self. In fact, our desire for authenticity, which propels our need for Otherness, is driven by the very definition of the subject. The Cartesian notion of the self, that there is a real self, a diamond within each one of us, is replayed through our search for authenticity. Only until our notion of identity/self/soul changes, will our search for authenticity diminish. So just as the self is constituted through the Other, our search for an authentic Other is predicated on the notion that there is a real, already constituted self.