“This accusation was written and sworn by Meletus, son of Meletus, a Pythian, against Socrates, son of Sophroniscus, from the house of Alopeka. I accuse Socrates of not recognizing the gods that the city recognizes, and of creating other gods. I accuse Socrates of corrupting young people. The required punishment is death...” As the Russian philosopher Sergei Bulgakov said, “Evil is a state of the world, but not its essence.” The tragic work of Edward Radzinsky “The Theater of the Times of Nero and Seneca” is truly called “food for the mind.” Bizarre dialogues between the teacher Seneca and his student Nero are filled with deep philosophical sayings of the great Roman thinker and the furiously insane cynical attacks and antics of the bloody dictator. All this happens in the very heart of Rome - the majestic Colosseum. It is here, according to Nero’s plan, that Seneca’s “last enterprise of life” is played out.