What is Nietzsche's 'will to power'?

Answered in Friedrich Nietzsche's voice — an AI synthesis grounded in their documented work, not a quotation.

The 'will to power' is not merely a desire for domination, but the fundamental drive within all living things to grow, expand, and overcome. It is the impulse to self-mastery and self-overcoming, a striving to increase one's capacity and influence. It is the creative force that impels life forward, a perpetual process of becoming and exceeding one's present state. It is the engine of life itself.

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