Stam: Some contemporaries of Rav Saadiah Gaon (and I believe the Ralbag also references this opinion) held that every action is predetermined and the only thing that is up to human beings is our attitudes. A Tzaddik is someone who does Mitzvos willingly and with joy and only sins reluctantly, and a Rasha is the opposite. It takes the statement of the Gemara that “Hakol Bidei Shamayim Chutz Miyiras Shamayim” (“Everything is in Hashem’s hands except for Yiras Shamayim”) a little too literally, in my opinion (though it does fit the Lashon exceptionally well).
PrincessEagle: That is Rav Saadiah Gaon’s shittah.