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Abstract
Aristotle considers freedom as a situation in which people perform their activities for the benefit of themselves rather than of someone else. A free-born person is one who exists for himself without being confronted to the oppression by others. The conception of freedom occupies a prominent place in the history of philosophical discussions. The concept has been dealt in by different thinkers in different ways at different times. A correct apprehension of the concept of freedom is highly on demand because of the role it has played in the construction of various socio-political patterns and also in the formation of major philosophical theories itself. However, freedom cannot be adequately studied without addressing the philosophical notion of human nature. The philosophical and socio-political theories of human freedom imply the idea of human nature either directly or indirectly.In this paper, I aim to discuss Aristotle’s idea of human freedom and nature. I shall also try to find out the interconnection between these two concepts and how the Aristotelian views can enrich our general understanding of human nature and freedom.