Full Idea
Aristotle never gets involved in the riddles of later philosophers about free will.
Gist of Idea
Aristotle never discusses free will
Source
report of Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE]) by Alasdair MacIntyre - A Short History of Ethics Ch.7
Book Reference
MacIntyre,Alasdair: 'A Short History of Ethics' [Routledge 1967], p.70
A Reaction
Note that this is a very great philosopher who was intensely interested in the well-springs of human action. 'Free will' never crossed his mind. This is because free will is nonsense. Owen Flanagan is best on this subject (Ideas 5345 and 5332).
Related Ideas
Idea 5345 We only think of ourselves as having free will because we first thought of God that way [Flanagan]
Idea 5332 People believe they have free will that circumvents natural law, but only an incorporeal mind could do this [Flanagan]