I did have dinner down in SF's Castro District just now. And one thing that did strike me? The Subway at 17th & Castro with its "$5 footlong" sign in the window takes on a whole different meaning.
actually quite the opposite beauty here is in the true aesthetics(as in the philosophical discipline) sense, the physical "beauty" is under the appetite for generation. It's kind of like the guy who enjoys sleeping with his wife of 30 years despite the availability of better looking women.
What I enjoyed most reading that article was the mediating role of beauty which exactly implies the opposite of what you say. Bodily appetite and kindness of good will are two opposite ends of the continuum and seem incompatible because while the former only cares about satisfying the appetite the latter lacks passion and cannot satisfy the need so beauty comes in between and reconciles the two. This is not about beautiful or ugly people but about your perception of beauty which helps you find the balance between the two extremes.
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Alright Deneb said it more eloquently and with fewer words