Aaron Ridley

Aaron Ridley (born 31 July 1962) is a British philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. He is known for his works on aesthetics, particularly the philosophy of music, and on Nietzsche.

Books The Deed is Everything: Nietzsche on Will and Action. Oxford University Press. 2018 (ed.) Arguing about art: contemporary philosophical debates. (Arguing About Philosophy). Routledge. 2007 Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Nietzsche on Art. (Routledge Philosophy Guidebooks). Routledge. 2007 The Philosophy of Music: Theme and Variations. Edinburgh University Press. 2004 Beginning Bioethics. Palgrave Macmillan. 1998 Nietzsche's Conscience: Six Character Studies from the Genealogy. Cornell University Press. 1998 R.G. Collingwood: a Philosophy of Art. Orion Books. 1998 Music, Value and the Passions. Cornell University Press. 1995 (ed.) The philosophy of art: readings ancient and modern. McGraw-Hill. 1995