Why is Inner and Outer Beauty so split apart?

Question

OK, I have a frank question on this never ending dilemma on why some things are frowned upon and other things are let go.

Many people say that Inner Beauty is much more important then Outer Beauty; while I do agree to this to a certain point I sometimes find it in a certain way a effortless factor on behalf of many people using it as their defense mechanism.

Lest face it, if your blind, handicapped, disabled, or have anything else that isn't you fault but were born like, then yes, Inner Beauty is what shines most, and will make you look and feel great and thats it...

However, what I find ironic is that Inner Beauty is allowed to grow while the Outer is Beauty is considered too "Blonde" and superficial, so anyone who looks better the someone else is considered dumb, stupid or both...

My point is, why is Inner Beauty is allowed to grow, while putting implants to make you look better frowned upon? Aren't they both the same? Just in different places and ways?

Answer 1

no it is nothing like that the inner beauty is more important that the outer beauty both should be equal to be a perfect person both the inner beauty and the outer beauty should be kept well perfectly first i will tell u what means inner beauty

Inner beauty - inner beauty is a soft, pleasant, kind sweet, well spoken, kind words spoken by clear and good heart but with that your behavior should too be good and quiet and polite to others too

Outer beauty - taking care of each and every part of your body ex: hair, skin, dress style, health etc. to make yourself quiet handsome, cool, smarty, and sweet.

But it does not mean that the outer beauty is not allowed to grow but all is that if someone loves u and u r about to go somewhere out with her but something splashes your face and it really makes u look very ugly still she will say,'' i don't mind you the way u r looking i just praise about the inner beauties inside you" . so that is why inner beauty is allowed to grow because kindness can be remembered but if your looks r also good with the inner beauty so even that will be praised but only if the inner beauty is good too as the outer beauty can be harmed or something else but the inner beauty can never.
so even the outer beauty is prased and the inner beauty is too but if your inner beauty is not good your outer beauty is just ok someoetimes but will be praised unless u r a child.
so i hope my answer is right and it wishes u a lots of best luck.

Bye - Bye
from Shaina

Answer 2

I think part of the root of the answer is in the consciousness of the body. Keats stated that "Truth is beauty and beauty truth," which doesn't seem to separate the inner and the outer kinds of beauty, rather than unites them in one grand sense unified with truth. In this sense of the concept of beauty, there is no inner and outer. Some would argue that this is indeed inner beauty that Keats is talking about, because it is Platonic or possessing such subtlety that the grossness of the body and relative, temporal forms cannot even come close to it -- it is a spiritual beauty. If this is taken a step further, then what the body experiences is inconsequential and never relates to the higher or deeper soul. Part of what makes this true is that the body is born, lives for some time, and dies. This is the law of karma, but why not end our lives earlier (commit suicide)? The reason is that we actually do love ourselves and consider some aspect worth living for. That aspect is the inner beauty, which does not die. That aspect (you might simply call it the soul), deserves every risk and struggle to be verified, confirmed, and witnessed, through as many life situations as possible in order to try to come closer to the transcendent idea of beauty. This idea of beauty will always be "inner" or "deeper" or "at the level of the soul," because it is not defined by the death of the body, whereas the body's beauty is always known to end at death. This last sentence is, I think, the answer to your question.

Answer 3

Well, in the first place they are not always separated, if you read carefully Shakespeare's plays you will see that his ideal woman is both beautiful and mercyful, has both inner and outer beauty! About your dillema, as why are these two separated, the answer is quite logicall, a person who has great looks or, even better is absolutely gorgeus is always admired and popular that making him/her not struggle that much in life, have a bigger pride and self respect and other "facilities" of this type. And I believe that is very hard for a person with such a rich social life find the time, wisdom and power to search and enrich his/her inner life and inner beauty. Most of them don't even think about this as being a problem becouse they are beautiful already, thing that you cannot say about the others who need to find another type of beauty and sometimes are more fortunate becouse outer beauty ussualy fades, the inner one rarely does!! The ideal is to have them both combined or at least tend to have the inner beauty wich out of these two is the most important, think of a phisically beautiful person who hates others and thinks she/him is the center of the world and everyone should bow to him/her ( for example)!!!

Answer 4

You gave yourself the answer already. Inner beauty can grow naturally. We can also support outer beauty naturally, with sport or eating well, or using natural creams etc. Nevertheless outer beauty is succumb to decay. Even if you use implants or other material things to put on your body. It will get older, decay, disintegrate, whereas inner beauty cannot decay, but gets more and more the more a person develops this inner beauty. It has to do with our eternal part in us, with spirit. So you cannot even compare inner with outer beauty.
I often feel that inner beauty can make even an old or ugly body beautiful, whereas if somebody has "only" a beautiful body and not a beautiful soul, this person appears to me after a while not beautiful anymore.
If somebody has a beautiful body, this is something good as well, like the flowers on the field, but has for me without inner beauty not much of a value.

Answer 5

My answer is....actually kind of a question
Have you ever seen someone (before you met them) and thought."wow, they are beautiful or handsome.. "
then once you have an opportunity to speak with them and get to know them the they have a very unattractive attitude or are as dumb as a rock? The longer they reveal their inner self the more "unattractive or ugly" them become? It's not like their "outer beauty " has really changed it just doesn't matter.
on the same hand
Have you met someone who when you first saw them didn't really think they were "beautiful", maybe just ordinary or even perhaps ugly. Then as you talked with them and looked in their eyes, as if by magic they became more beautiful / handsome?

I think that everyone has a certain "energy" that reveals their true beauty and no silicone implants can replace or fool the heart of a person.

That's not to say that someone can't have inner and outer beauty at the same time.
If someone "judges" or makes assumptions about another person by the size of there boobs or the color of their hair, then that reveals their own shallowness.
On the same hand if someone feels that fake boob's is the path for them, they may want to consider what it is that they are trying to accomplish with them? Self acceptance, the acceptance of others?
To "feel" Superior to another person based on a plastic bag filled with silicone? How sad

If someone is within the "normal" range physically and can function. and not deformed. Then I feel that the application of surgical solutions is a bandage on a hemmorage of self doubt.
Self confidence based on self acceptance is a very attractive thang.

Answer 6

o.k. lemme take this by paragraph
many do use it as a defense mechanism.. human fault we are not perfect.
Next...it's the PERSON......Personality or Persona that shines thru that makes a person beautiful. "shines thru-- as in u see the person for who & what he/ she is (funny etc..)"
Next...It's not that...Inner vs.Outer considered superficial,dumb etc.. it's that the outer doesn't last & when a person goes thru life thinking outer is better, that is what makes ppl look @ u like ur dumb,superficial, stupid or all of the above.
Finally.... Inner beauty stays w/ you and can/does affect the lives of others in a positive lasting way. Implants or other outward appearances don't affect others in a positive and lasting way. They certainly are NOT the same. In any way.

Answer 7

Yes, I would have to agree with you- but Inner Beauty is something that's inside of your soul that glows within- and people are naturally drawn to you because you are kind and happy. I am having veneers put on all of my teeth, and that will make me happy because then I can smile more and look better. You have a good point; both are the same, only in different ways.

Answer 8

outer beauty is transitory and inner beauty is eternal. We do place a high premium on outer beauty, but because the definition of what is beautiful varies with the times and the culture in which it is being considered it is evident that outer beauty definately is somewhat determined by the observer. Inner beauty transcends all perception, time, and culture....like the beauty of Mother Theresa

Answer 9

No for my section inner elegance ability being a incredible, trustworthy , style , beneficiant and forgiving guy or woman while outer elegance ability purely being sturdy looking and being seen as ideal in seems on my own , besides the undeniable fact that some say elegance is interior the attention of the beholder in an attempt to 3 my theory must be incorrect :D .

Answer 10

Inner beauty is a metaphor for the love that we create in the world around us, this love is all that you can take with you when you go.

External beauty is like a pretty rug that we get to stand on for a little while. It's like a bad joke because eventually this rug gets pulled out from under us, and all we are left with is this love we have made.

Love and blessings Don