 Ibn Rushd recognized the audacity of supposing that human beings share in a single intellect, writing that “this claim came to me after long reflection and intense care, and I have not seen it in anyone else before me” (CommAlex, p. 30). Indeed, he himself had once called such a view “repulsive” (ParaAnima ¶282). Still, we can understand why he was eventually drawn to it in light of his commitment to three propositions: