Books by Aaron Ridley

Offers an examination of Nietzsche's significant thoughts on art, and covers key texts such as "The Birth of Tragedy", "Human, All Too Human" and "Thus Spoke Zarathustra".

Aaron Ridley explores Nietzsche's mature ethical thought as expressed in his masterpiece, arranging his book thematically around the six characters who loom largest in that work-slave, priest, philosopher, artist, scientist, and noble.

New and distinctive approaches to five central topics in musical aesthetics are provided in this outstanding book. The topics are: understanding, representation, expression, performance and profundity.