perspective

If I ask:  "What is eight divided in two?" the mathematically inclined will answer
without  hesitation:  "Four."
However, someone more visually oriented might see an eight divided in the
middle horizontally and say:  "Two zeros."  Or looking at it another way,
divided vertically might say:  "Three."  It is a matter of perspective, of
different ways of seeing.
The most basic foolishness we can be dominated by is the foolishness of
self-satisfaction..

   Taken from  Lectio Divina by Basil Pennington.  Page 14-15.