This text explores the specific foundations of the European intellectual tradition, which is built upon two distinct methods of overcoming myth and general religiosity. The first, the Greek philosophical type, distances itself from narrativity, dismissing it as unreliable and contradictory. Instead, it employs conceptual thinking to focus on the unchanging or the cyclical, thereby deepening the search for eternal truths. The second, the Hebrew type, does not reject narrativity itself but directs its critique against the worship of false gods and the underlying mythical lifestyle. Consequently, while the Greek approach leads to a focus on static concepts and timelessness, the Hebrew approach maintains a high valuation of time, history, and particularly the future. The study highlights how these two divergent paths—one seeking conceptual precision and the other emphasizing historical directionality—formed the unique character of European thought. This dual heritage defines the tension between rational order and temporal openness that characterizes Western civilization.