struggle for existence

describes an exceptional state; the rule is the struggle for power — for 'more' and 'better' and 'faster' and 'more often'.

“'The struggle for existence' - that describes an exceptional state. The rule is, rather, the struggle for power, for 'more' and 'better' and 'faster' and 'more often'.”

is only an exception, a temporary restriction of the will to life; Darwinism breathes the musty air of English overpopulation, while nature is ruled by overflow and squandering.

“But a natural scientist should come out of his human nook; and in nature it is not conditions of distress that are dominant but overflow and squandering, even to the point of absurdity. The struggle for existence is only an exception, a temporary restriction of the will to life.”

Emmanuel Levinas

evolution

survival of the fittest

cooperation

struggle for existence, n.Definitions

struggle for existence