hence he
             calls the artist the Muse's "interpreter" (Ion 534e). In the process of
             inspiration, the divine element is filtered by the artist. In the Laws
             (669c), Plato calls the poet a less able "maker" than his Muse. Any
             criticism by Plato of art must be based on the human element of its
             production which can only interfere and confuse the work of art: this is
             as much inseparable as essential. An analogy is that of a language
             interpreter. While the interpreter has no control over what is to be
             interpreted, the interpreter's own subjective bias (even if unintentional)
             Plato in the republic criticizes the extraordinary reverence held for
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