A free will: origins of the notion in ancient thought

Aristotle on choice without a will

The emergence of a notion of will in Stoicism

Later Platonist and Peripatetic contributions

The emergence of a notion of a free will in Stoicism

Platonist and Peripatetic criticisms and responses

An early Christian view on a free will : Origen

Reactions to the Stoic notion of a free will : Plotinus

Augustine : a radically new notion of a free will?