Aristotle's Thoughts?

What might Aristotle think about this?

I don't know if Aristotle ever wrote about the question of determinism/free will, but I think he would agree with me. Maybe there's bias? I'm not sure.

But he obviously assumes that we have the ability to choose because he suggests that we should devote our lives to intellectual inquiry. To him (and to me), intellectual reflection is the “‘highest’ element within human nature” (Haberman 104). In order to take his advice, we would have to use free will, right? At least, there's the illusion that we are using free will to choose the path of intellectual inquiry.

In order to improve upon ourselves, there has to be a shift in how we think, right? So everything that defines who we are has to change in some way, and maybe that change is free will.

But I like pretending that I have free will because it gives me motivation to succeed.