Aaron Ridley (born 31 July 1962) is a British philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the

University of Southampton The University of Southampton (abbreviated as ''Soton'' in post-nominal letters) is a public university, public research university in Southampton, England. Southampton is a founding member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universit ...

. He is known for his works on

aesthetics Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty and taste (sociology), taste, which in a broad sense incorporates the philosophy of art.Slater, B. H.Aesthetics ''Internet Encyclopedia of Ph ...

, particularly the philosophy of music, and on

Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher. He began his career as a classical philologist, turning to philosophy early in his academic career. In 1869, aged 24, Nietzsche became the youngest pro ...

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

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* Living people 1962 births 21st-century British philosophers Academics of the University of Southampton Nietzsche scholars British philosophers of art Philosophers of music Alumni of the University of Cambridge Academics of Bangor University Ithaca College faculty {{UK-academic-bio-stub