 Ruth Glasner has shown evidence that Averroes borrowed the notion of minimal parts from Alexander; she stresses the import of the new doctrine that “bridges the gap between the two opposing systems, the Aristotelian and the atomistic” (Glasner 2009: 146–159). Whether the smallest part actually exists or it is the limit of divisibility is something that Averroes does not answer. The context, however, hints at the second direction.