Noun
(philosophy, Nietzscheanism) The vital energy in all living things which propels them to seek to grow, create, and thrive.
The forceful desire, especially in human beings, to aggressively overcome, conquer, and dominate others.
will-to-power (uncountable)
Alternative form of will to power
will-to-power
In a narrative that circles the globe and reaches from the 19th century to a post-apocalyptic future, Cloud Atlas erases the boundaries of time, genre and language to offer an enthralling vision of humanity's will to power, and where it will lead us. Source: Internet
The Economist described Saddam as "one of the last of the 20th century's great dictators, but not the least in terms of egotism, or cruelty, or morbid will to power". Source: Internet
The American Republic stands threatened by the first overtly anti-democratic leader of a large party in its modern history—an authoritarian with no grasp of history, no impulse control, and no apparent barriers on his will to power. Source: Internet
He thought that truth should be used as long as it promoted life and the will to power, and he thought untruth was better than truth if it had this life enhancement as a consequence. Source: Internet
Nietzsche thoroughly criticized metaphysics, and by including the will to power in the material world, he would simply be setting up a new metaphysics. Source: Internet