Finalidad y autosuperación en la voluntad de poder de Nietzsche. El eterno retorno como reto

This paper discusses the tense interplay between the will to power, in its possibility of self-overcoming, and the eternal return, one of its most challenging internal counterpoints. How does this active drive for continuous and indefinite self-overcoming, the constructive and positive dimension of Nietzsche’s philosophy, interact with the eternal return, an oppressive, piercing thought? To address this question, I first refer briefly to “ateleological finality” as a concept that allows us to think of self-improvement, affirmation and even the possibility of progress or creative expansion within the will to power. Second, I lay out the problem posed by the thought of eternal return in a model open to history and evolution. Third, and finally, I present amor fati as a possible way to face, without dissolving, the challenges of the eternal return.