Here is an influence diagram showing the currents flowing INTO and OUT FROM Plato.

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    %% Cultural and Philosophical Influences
    Pythagoreanism["Pythagoreanism"] -->|Inspired Dualism and Purification| Plato["Plato"]
    Orphism["Orphism"] -->|Proto-Dualism and Soteriology| Plato
    Presocratics["Presocratics"] -->|Cosmological and Ontological Models| Plato
    MysteryReligions["Mystery Religions"] -->|Esoteric Knowledge and Transformation| Plato
    Zoroastrianism["Zoroastrianism"] -->|Cosmic Dualism| EarlyGnosticism["Early Gnosticism"]
    Judaism["Judaism"] -->|Apocalyptic Texts and Heavenly Journeys| EarlyGnosticism
    HellenisticSyncretism["Hellenistic Syncretism"] -->|Cultural Fusion| EarlyGnosticism

    %% Philosophical Evolution
    Plato -->|Dualism and Ontic Transformation| MiddlePlatonism["Middle Platonism"]
    MiddlePlatonism -->|Transcendence of Matter| EarlyGnosticism
    Plato -->|Forms and Knowledge| EarlyGnosticism

    %% Gnostic Systems
    EarlyGnosticism -->|Refined Dualism| Sethianism["Sethianism"]
    EarlyGnosticism -->|Esoteric Cosmology| Valentinianism["Valentinianism"]
    Sethianism -->|Mythological Depth| Valentinianism

    %% Core Concepts
    Dualism["Dualism"] -->|Sharp Spirit-Matter Distinction| EarlyGnosticism
    SalvationThroughKnowledge["Salvation Through Knowledge"] -->|Gnosis as Liberation| EarlyGnosticism
    MythologicalCosmology["Mythological Cosmology"] -->|Narrative Frameworks| EarlyGnosticism
    OnticTransformation["Ontic Transformation"] -->|Knowing as Being| EarlyGnosticism

    %% Links between Core Concepts and Plato
    Plato -->|Philosophical Framework| Dualism
    Plato -->|Knowledge and Ontology| SalvationThroughKnowledge
    Plato -->|Symbolic Myths| MythologicalCosmology
    Plato -->|Transformative Knowing| OnticTransformation

    %% Connections from Other Influences to Core Concepts
    MiddlePlatonism -->|Elaborated Cosmology| Dualism
    MysteryReligions -->|Transformative Rites| SalvationThroughKnowledge
    Orphism -->|Soul and Divine Spark| OnticTransformation