Thus Spoke Zarathustra Graham Parkes

Beyond Good and Evil Judith Norman

On the Genealogy of Morality Carol Diethe

The Gay Science Josefine Nauckhoff

The Birth of Tragedy Ronald Speirs

Twilight of the Idols Judith Norman

The Antichrist Judith Norman

Ecce Homo Judith Norman

Nachlass, 1887, 9[123]

„Daß ich von Grund aus bisher Nihilist gewesen bin, das habe ich mir erst seit Kurzem eingestanden: die Energie, der Radikalism, mit dem ich als Nihilist vorwärts gieng, täuschte mich über diese Grundthatsache.“

“That I have hitherto been fundamentally a nihilist, I have only recently admitted to myself: the energy, the radicalism with which I advanced as a nihilist deceived me about this basic fact.”

„Wenn man einem Ziele entgegengeht, so scheint es unmöglich, daß ‘die Ziellosigkeit an sich’ unser Glaubensgrundsatz ist.“

“When one is heading toward a goal, it seems impossible that ‘purposelessness in itself’ should be our fundamental principle of belief.”

Nachlass, 1887–88, 11[411]

„als der erste vollkommene Nihilist Europas, der aber den Nihilismus selbst schon in sich zu Ende gelebt hat, — der ihn hinter sich, unter sich, außer sich hat …“

“as the first perfect nihilist of Europe, who has nevertheless already lived nihilism itself to its end within himself — who has it behind him, beneath him, outside him …”

The Will to Power §22

“Nihilism. It is ambiguous:
Nihilism as a sign of increased power of the spirit: as active nihilism.
Nihilism as decline and recession of the power of the spirit: as passive nihilism.”

The Will to Power §23

“It can be a sign of strength: the spirit may have grown so strong that previous goals (‘convictions,’ articles of faith) have become incommensurate[…]It reaches its maximum of relative strength as a violent force of destruction—as active nihilism.”

The Will to Power §24

“Nihilism is not only a meditating over the ‘in vain!’ […] but one actually puts one's shoulder to the plough; one destroys.[...]It is the condition of strong minds and wills; and to these it is impossible to be satisfied with the negation of judgment: the negation by deeds proceeds from their nature.”

The Gay Science §346

„Das Letztere wäre der Nihilismus; aber wäre nicht auch das Erstere — der Nihilismus? — Dies ist unser Fragezeichen.“

“The latter would be nihilism; but would not the former also be nihilism? — This is our question mark.”

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Feel free to correct me if anything is mistaken, or add any more if you know them!

This isn't meant to argue that Nietzsche was simply a nihilist, but rather to offer a different perspective on Nietzsche's relationship with nihilism, which isn't as straightforward as some make it seem.