Is It better to be hated for who we are, or to be loved for the mask we wear?

Question

Is It better to be hated for who we are, or to be loved for the mask we wear?

Answer

It is better to be hated for who you are, but it would be much better to be loved for what one is, free of masks brWe hate that we can not love, to have or control, is a recurrent phrase among intellectuals. Spinoza gives, for hate, opposed to a definition set for love, but formally similar. He writes quotAnyone who imagines that he hates what is affected with sorrow, be happy, if, on the contrary, he imagines affected with joy, will have sorrow and affection will be either higher or lower as more or less affection to the contrary in that he hates quot.brbrKind regards.