 For Averroes, Galen and others misinterpreted Aristotle. They identified that which is only contrary to that which moves accidentally with that which moves essentially (LC 307H; LC Schmieja 6:3–6). Indeed that which moves essentially (and as a whole) is opposed to that which is moved by virtue of one part of it. In Galen’s view, if one part of a movable would come to rest, the whole should not. In the case of the heart of the animals, Galen contested the doctrine that it is the first movable because when the heart is removed, the animal is still capable of walking two steps. Galen claimed that the head is the source of motion, but Averroes objects “I saw a ram walking after the head was cut off” (LC 309C TC4; LC Schmieja 11:21–22). But there are primary movables that fulfill these conditions and it is worth quoting Averroes’ words: