This text analyzes the limitations of modern European philosophy regarding the "signs of the times" and the concept of historicity. The author argues that modern traditions, split between empiricism and rationalism, failed to grasp the deeper significance of historical events. Empiricism is criticized for reducing reality to basic sensory perceptions, viewed as the sole immediate source of knowledge. Rationalism is questioned for limiting reality to universally discernible or innate ideas, supposedly identical for all people across all eras. Both approaches are identified as hidden prejudices that hindered a full understanding of the mediated and historical nature of human experience. The reflection emphasizes that the pursuit of rational evidence or pure sensuality led to the exclusion of time from philosophical discourse. The text aims to highlight the need to overcome these reductive perspectives and rediscover the importance of historicity in understanding the world and human existence.