This text explores the nature of crisis in philosophy, distinguishing between internal methodological crises and epochal shifts. It examines how a crisis can be a symptom of a specific thinker's flaws or a broader systemic failure of a contemporary philosophical era. The author emphasizes that identifying an epochal crisis often requires an external perspective, marking an emancipation from old paradigms and the emergence of new alternatives. Over the past two centuries, various philosophers have attempted such radical breaks, though their success is often debated by subsequent generations. Some thinkers, while rooted in the past, provided the initial impetus for future shifts, their true significance only becoming apparent in hindsight. Ultimately, the text highlights the complex relationship between philosophical continuity, the diagnosis of structural failure, and the transition toward new modes of thinking that define a new historical epoch.