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In Nietzsche philosophy does "will" and "will to power" means the same?

In Nietzsche philosophy does "will" and "will to power" means the same?
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The short answer is no. Nietzsche sometimes attacks the idea of will as it has been conceptualized by other thinkers. For example, in *Twilight of the Idols*, look at the section called "Reason in Philosophy," section 5. He writes:
>At the beginning stands the great fateful error that the will is something which *produces an effect*--that will is a *faculty*.

The point he's making is that thinking of will as a faculty is wrong because it makes it seem like will is something you have just sitting in you like a potential, and then you activate it or not as you choose. Nietzsche is arguing against this notion of will, and his own will-to-power tries to indicate that will is always active (never just potential).