Identity: from phenomenology to ethics

Principles of formation of the notion of personality and certification of his/her identity in creative work of three outstanding philosophers of the 20th century: Husserl, Heidegger and Lévinas have been considered in the article. An attempt is made to demonstrate that, in spite of the gnosiological context, these searches had a pronounced ethical trend. Reinterpreting classical legacy, the Cartesian philosophy in particular, these authors have made a lot to inscribe it in the present context, both in its gnosiological and ethical dimension. The reincarnation of ideas of the human Ego as well as those paradoxes which arise in the process of how this Ego is given to itself in various situations have been considered in succession.