Each of us might consider his statement in the context of our own world view. Do we tend to see differences rather than resemblances or vice versa? It’s not a silly question. Some of us are analysts; others, analogists. Some need to itemize the world; others, to bundle it. I tend to think of myself as doing more of latter and less of the former, but, of course, I bounce between the two, and I assume you do, too. We all need to tear apart and put together as complementary ad hoc strategies for understanding and invention.
Do you see yourself more as analyst or analogist? The question is worth asking because the creativity of invention lies in analogy, whereas the creativity of understanding lies in analysis.
*Novum Organum. Ch. 54.