[cornelis]

Historicism can take root in any worldview, religious or secular. The mistake in it is to say that "what is real" hinges on the aspect of historical patterns alone. There's more the the world than historical patterns. It's easy to say reality is what there is. And it's okay, I suppose, to say we have to be objective about it, to say that reality, at bottom, is something the same for you and me and others. But that rock-bottom sameness is not a historical pattern. Nor is it logical, or mathematical (as Descartes thought) or economic (Marx). It runs deeper.

[thinktwice]

About "sameness" in reality with regard to "historicism" you wrote ... But that rock-bottom sameness is not a historical pattern. Nor is it logical, or mathematical (as Descartes thought) or economic (Marx). It runs deeper.

Reality changes over time -- there is no "rock-bottom" sameness to reality other than its definition -- Reality is that which exists.