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Plato's Symposium, circa 385 to 370 BC, is a primary philosophical text; the atlas records no publisher and no modern publication year because it is an ancient work read across many editions and translations rather than a single dated one. Its strength is that it is the primary source itself for Diotima's speech and its ladder of love, ascending from desire for a single beautiful body to the Form of Beauty, the material this atlas draws on for the Lover archetype's erotic content. Its limit is the ordinary one for citing any ancient text without specifying a translation: this record does not establish which edition underlies a given quotation.
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Tier one: the primary ancient philosophical text itself for Diotima's speech and its ladder of love, read across many editions and translations rather than a single dated one, which is why no publisher or modern year is recorded. Its limit is the ordinary one for citing any ancient text without specifying a translation: this record does not establish which edition underlies a given quotation. NotesPrimary text, circa 385-370 BC. Diotima's speech describes a "ladder of love" ascending from desire for a single beautiful body to the Form of Beauty itself. Use for the Lover archetype fact's eros material.
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This source backs 7 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Archetypes, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
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