He must have just thought about it for a while, or we're over anolyzing. It's interesting how the underlying structure of Elder Scrollsverse is so different from other fantasy universes. At first glance, you could assume most of it is a reskinned Tolkien series with some dualism thrown in. The differences are bigger though.
The Tolkien Legendarium is fundamentally a Christian worldview. There is an all-powerful but benevolent Creator who knows what is right. Not everyone understands his reasons, but they are what is best. The antagonist is someone who is greedy and prideful, and tries to steal glory for himself. The problem is that he was not meant for such glory, so he is doomed to fail. All the themes point towards the self as fundamentally flawed, and the only true happiness is in carrying out the plan God gave you.
Elder Scrolls is almost the opposite. There is no divine plan. The central creator figure is either unaware of his dream or too insane to really interact with it. It dreams because it is desperate, not for the sake of creating. There is a greater degree of random chance. The person who deviates from the collective will(Lorkhan) is portrayed as a good guy by many "good" factions, as opposed to Melkor in the Silmarillion. The self is portrayed as something good. Instead of discouraging selfishness, it is encouraged by concepts like CHIM.