For Plato the art of music was so (i) moral and political reality that any alteration to music system would necessarily require a corresponding political shift. But two and a half millennia later, when classical music is generally seem merely as a lifestyle accessory, Plato`s conception seems (ii) . To be sure, there are still people who consider classical music to be of (iii) cultural importance, but few of them are able to articulate this convincingly.