The Juche Idea (Series 4)
Juche
Viewpoint and Attitude Towards the World
In the previous chapter we have studied an outlook of the world, a part of the Juche philosophical world outlook.
Now, we’re going to study the viewpoint and
attitude towards the world, another part of the Juche philosophical outlook on
the world.
1. The
Viewpoint and Attitude towards the World Holds an Important Position in Hewing
out Man’s Destiny.
△ What is the viewpoint and attitude towards the
world?
In the world, there exist multifarious things and
phenomena, which move, change and develop according to their own laws.
How should man approach all these things and phenomena to correctly
understand and transform them?
This question is answered by the viewpoint and attitude towards the world. Prior to our dealing with the viewpoint and attitude towards the world, it is necessary to discuss breifly about cognition and practice.
－ General understanding of cognition and practice
Cognition and practice are two forms of man’s
activity for hewing out his destiny.
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What is
cognition?
It is the process in which man understands the
world volitionally, that is, the process of finding out the essence and laws of
motion of himself and of the things and phenomena of his surrounding world as
well as the ways to transform them. If one is to do a good farming, he should
know the character of the seeds to plant, the fertility of soil and the methods
of planting and growing them. And if he
is to melt iron and produce goods, he should know the melting point and its
processing methods.
Likewise, man should acquire a knowledge as to what
the things and phenomena are, how they change and develop, how they are related
with each other and what should be done to transform them. The knowledge is
called cognition.
Cognition is divided largely into sensitive
cognition and reasonable cognition.
Sensitive cognition is a form of cognition that man
understands the things and phenomena directly through the sensitive organs such
as eyes, ears, nose or skin.
The sensitive cognition results in sense, perception and image which vividly reflect the objects.
Reasonable cognition is a high form of cognition
that man understands the things and phenomena by analyzing, and synthesizing,
comparing and generalizing the data obtained as a result of sensitive cognition
through celebrate function of thinking. Reasonable cognition results in
knowledge that reflects the essence of internal aspect of the things and
phenomena which do not come to the surface.
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What is
practice?
Practice is man’s activity to transform the world
positively, an activity to obtain or make what is necessary for him by exerting
direct influence upon the things and phenomena.
Practice is a form of man’s activity different from
cognition. The former is an activity to change or to transform the structure
and character of things and phenomena by means of material and technical means,
while the latter is an activity to understand the objective things and
phenomena. Practice, according to its objects, is divided into the
transformation of nature, the transformation of society and the remoulding of
man.
The transformation of nature is man’s activity to
create the material wealth by producing daily necessities or manufacturing
machines. The transformation of society is an activity to change or transform
the social relations so as to enhance the position and role of man. The
remoulding of man is an undertaking to bring up man himself into a more
powerful social being both mentaly and physically, a typical example of which
is education and edification. So much for cognition and practice.
－ The viewpoint and attitude towards
the world is a most general methodology man should
maintain both in cognition and in practice.
The creative activity of man to cognize and
transform the world is undertaken in diverse way. Accordingly, the methods to
be applied for the purpose are various. Needless to say, different methods can
be applied for realizing a purpose.
However
various the man’s creative activity and the methods to realize the purpose, there is a universal guideline man should always maintain
anytime and anywhere .Whoever
be he a natural scientist who studies chemistry or biology, be he a social
scientist who studies history or economics, be he a worker who manufactures
goods by operating machines or robots, or be he a farmer who produces crops, meat or
eggs, he is engaged in discovering the secret of things and phenomena or he has an attitude and a principle he should
maintain in the whole course of his activities.
Such a universal guideline or principle of activity is called the most universal methodology to be adhered to in cognition and practice.
This universal methodology which should be applied
not to any particular field of cognition or practice but to all activities of
cognition and practice is termed the philosophical methodology, which is
embodied in concrete methodology.
△ The viewpoint and attitude towards the world is of great importance in hewing out
man’s destiny.
We have already studied that the mission of the
philosophy is to contribute to hewing out man’s destiny.
In shaping man’s destiny, it is not enough to know
only how the world looks like and how it changes and develops.
In order to carve out man’s destiny, it is
necessary to know what the world consists of and how it changes and develops,
and on this basis conduct practical activities to transform the things and
phenomena. To this end, it is imperative to have a correct viewpoint and
attitude towards the world.
In our life, we sometimes find some people who are
not efficient in practice though they are well-informed and talented. Of
course, the reason for such a phenomenon can be explained in various ways but
it is mainly attributable to the fact that their viewpoint and attitude towards
the world is not correct.
Same knowledge of different people can be used
either in good way or in bad way according to the viewpoint and stand the
people have. For example, the knowledge depending on what viewpoint and stand
people have, can be used either for the purpose of peaceful construction aimed
at peoples’ well-being and defending the sovereignty of the country and nation
or for making the means of war to invade and conquer other countries and
nations.
In fact, people always start from a certain
viewpoint and stand when they view and approach all sorts of things and
phenomena. Therefore, cognition and transformation are determined according to
what viewpoint and stand people have.
As the
viewpoint and stand towards the world is a matter of principle in hewing out
man’s destiny, the Juche philosophy set it forth as an important philosophical
question and gave a correct answer to it.
The
viewpoint and stand towards the world elucidated by the Juche philosophy
approaches the world by focussing on man. The man centred viewpoint and
attitude towards the world contains two aspects; one is that of approaching the
world from the viewpoint of man’s interests ; the other is that of
approaching the change and development
of the world mainly on the basis of man’s activities.
2. The Viewpoint and Stand of approaching the World from Viewpoint of Interests of Man.
The great
leader Comrade Kim Jong Il said.
“Taking a man-centred attitude towards the world means approaching the
world from the viewpoint of interests of man, the master of the world.”
－ What does it mean to approach the world from the viewpoint of interests
of man?
It means to
approach the world from the viewpoint of making it serve the interests of man. In plain words, it
means that when man approaches any phenomenon or is going to do something, he
should consider if it is beneficial or harmful to him and acts accordingly.
By the way, what are the interests of man argued here?
One needs to
understand them correctly before anything else. The interests of man are what
are beneficial to man.
As you know,
the “pragmatism”, a variety of modern bourgeois philosophy sets “usefulness” as
the criterion of truth and demands people to pursue it.
The
pragmatists chatter as follows. “We study for the truth to seek for what is
useful. And a new opinion can become true only when it satisfies the desire of
an individual.”
The desire
of an individual they mean is the predatory lust of monopoly capitalists for
wealth , ambition to become a parvenu, or a snobbish consideration of interests
in life and so on.
The
interests of man meant in the Juche philosophy are fundamentally different from
“usefulness” argued in pragmatism. The interests of man in the Juche philosophy
mean the interests of social being who has independence as his life and soul. In other words, they are not
interests that pursue a covetous selfish desire for accumulation of wealth,
luxury and power and nor the ambition to dominate other country and nation. But
the interests pursued to realize the intrinsic demand of a social being to live
and develop independently and creatively free from fetters of nature and
society.
A historical
fact gives us a good illustration of what is the viewpoint and stand towards the world from the viewpoint of the
interests of man.
It happened
immediately after the Korea’s liberation from
its military occupation by Japanese imperialism.
There was an
induction furnace constructed by the Japanese imperialists at a steel works in
the northern part of Korea.
The
insulation devices of the furnace which was two metres high and
Blinded by
ambition for money-making and war preparation, the Japanese imperialists did
not provide the furnace with any safety devices. Therefore, many workers in
this works were killed by electric shock almost everyday.
The
respected Comrade Kim Il Sung who returned to the fatherland in triumph after
liberating the country was informed of the fact and made the furnace blown up,
saying that though every ton of steel was precious for building a new country,
the lives of workers could not be bartered for it and the steel produced that way was not
desirable.
Consequently,
the furnace, that had been synonym of hatred and resentment of workers and
people was blown up when steel was essential for rehabilitating the destroyed
national economy. The blasting of the
furnace was, indeed, a brilliant manifestation of the Juche viewpoint and stand
that approaches everything with precedence given to the interests of man.
－ Why, then,
should one approach the world from viewpoint of the interests of man? In other
words, why should the interests of man be a starting-point in man’s cognitive
and practical activities ?
It is because, firstly, it accords with the fundamental purpose of cognition and practice.
As you
know, man conducts the cognitive and practical activities not to get
mere knowledge or accumulate wealth, but to acquire knowledge and the means of
ideological life and provide for living conditions, all conducive to his
independent and creative life.
As a matter
of fact, knowledge and wealth which do not serve man’s independent and creative
life are of no use, no matter how much plentiful they are.
The
fundamental aim of cognition and practice can be achieved only when the
interests of man are taken as their
starting point. Only then, can the whole process of cognitive activity and
practice be geared to satisfying man’s interests and can the cognitive activity
and practice result in contributing to
man’s independent and creative life.
For this
reason, the viewpoint and stand towards the world with priority given to the
interests of man fully accords with the fundamental purpose of cognition and
practice.
It is
because, secondly, man is the most precious being and nothing is more valuable
than the interests of man.
As is well
known, man is the most superior and powerful being, and everything valuable in
this world is created by man. Naturally, therefore, man is the most precious
being in the world and so his interests are more valuable than anything else.
In
capitalist society, however, money or gold is considered to be more valuable
than man. As a matter of fact, money and gold are needed for man and they have
values only when they serve man. It is man and none other who makes money and
gold.
In this
light, therefore, such an abnormal case as not treasuring man and giving
precedence to his interests is a possible occurrence only in an abnormal
society where bottom is above the top.
Nothing is
more valuable than man’s interests, therefore, the world should be approached
from the viewpoint of man’s interests. In other words, whenever we do
something, we must first of all consider whether or not it suits man’s
interests and take attitude of making it serve man’s interests.
－What is
important in approaching the world from the viewpoint of man’s interests?
First, it is
important to set it as the supreme principle to defend man’s right to
independence and his interests in all cognitive and practical activities.
Man’s activity
to understand and transform the world is undertaken in various forms. It may be
to understand and transform either nature or society, which requires such
complicated processes as setting aim, defining the object and choosing the
means and methods. On all occasions the various and complicated activities for
cognition and practice, should be guided by the supreme principle set as
defending man’s right to independence and interests.
First of
all, the basic aim of cognition and practice should be set with defence of man’s
right to independence and interests as the supreme principle.
It is an
important feature of man’s activity to set an aim and act to persuade it.
Unlike animals that act aimlessly, man makes plan before starting a project
like the building of a house and imagines the result of the work he does.
The aim can
be set differently according to the field of man’s activity and at every stage
of its development.
For example,
the aim of scholars who seek for knowledge and study science is different from
that of those who create the material
wealth and manage the economy.
But there is
a supreme principle that should be maintained in setting an aim. It is that
whatever they do and wherever they work, the people should set their aim of
activity with defence of their demand for independence and their interests as a
criterion.
It is a
starting point of all thinking and activities of the great leader Comrade Kim
Jong Il, the general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, to defend and
realize the people’s right to independence and interests.
Saying that
man’s dignity and value can never be exchanged for anything in the world, he
subordinates all Party activities to defence and realization of man’s right to
independence and interests.
Under the
wise leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Il, the D.P.R.K. today
demonstrates throughout the world the vitality of its people-centred socialism,
a genuine people’s society in which everything serves them.
Next, all
means of cognition and practice should be chosen in the light of defending man’s
right to independence and interests. Means is an object, a thing, which man
uses to achieve his aim. There may be various means to an end.
Since man’s
cognition and practice is for defending and realizing his right to independence
and interests, means must be chosen appropriately for the purpose.
If a
technique is harmful to man, it should not be chosen as means in practice
though highly productive, as it infringes upon his right to independence and
interests.
The means of
cognition and practice should help defend man’s right to independence and
interests. It should never serve to violate man’s aspirations and demand for
independence and encroach upon his interests.
Regarding it
as the supreme principle to defend man’s right to independence and his
interests---this is a sure guarantee for fully maintaining the viewpoint and
stand towards the world from the viewpoint of interests of man and for ensuring
a successful promotion of cognition and practice.
Second,
everything in the world should be subordinated to realizing man’s aspirations
and demand for independence.
After
setting an aim and choosing a means and methods, man begins to work. Man should
endeavour to make everything serve substantially his aspirations and demand for
independence.
The world
consists of nature and society. Therefore, making everything serve to
realize man’s aspirations and demand for
independence means transforming nature and society into the environment and
condition favourable for realizing man’s aspirations and demand for
independence.
Everybody
knows that man’s activity is always done in a given condition and environment.
The existing material and spiritual wealth, social relations and social system,
the products of man are social conditions for man’s activity. Meanwhile,
climatic and topographic conditions are natural environment.
Of the
standing conditions and environments there are some beneficial to man, some
unfavourable, and, moreover, some restricting man’s activity.
For this
reason, man should conduct his cognitive and practical activities on the
principle of subordinating all things and phenomena to materializing man’s
aspirations and demand for independence.
What will
happen if this principle is not adhered to?
Let us take
science and technology for example.
As a matter
of fact science and technology greatly contribute creating material wealth
necessary for man by transforming nature.
Apart from
science and technology, we can not think of the developed material civilization
achieved by man.
The
necessities of life such as TV, refrigerator, car, and computer are all
products of science and technology. True, science and technology give an
impetus to social progress and human civilization. However, they do not exert
only positive influence on the life all the time. We need to refer to the
possibility that they produce negative effect upon life. Depending on how they
are used, they can serve the well-being of people, or on the contrary encroach
upon it.
The
initiation of nuclear physics and the ensuing development of the nuclear
technology opened up a bright prospect for mankind to make a good use of
nuclear energy. To our regret, however, where was this nuclear technology used
first? It was used for manufacturing nuclear weapons not for peaceful
facilities for the well-being of humankind.
From the
outset of its existence on this planet, nuclear weapon took heavy tolls of
hundreds of thousands of victims; the subsequent unrestricted nuclear arms race
has wasted innumerable human and material resources.
In order to
avoid such a phenomenon that man has to be restrained and victimized by his own
creation, it is imperative to act on the principle of subordinating everything
to meeting man’s aspirations and demand for independence and fight resolutely against
all kinds of covetous and dominationist manner and behaviour that run counter
to it.
Herein lies
the way to achieve genuine happiness of man, development of society, peace and
security of the world.
3. The Viewpoint and Attitude towards the Change and Development of the
World Mainly on the Basis of Man’s Activity
The great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il said.
“Approaching the world by focussing on man means dealing with the change
and development of the world mainly on the basis of the activity of man who
transforms it.”
－ What does it mean to deal with the change and development of the
world mainly on the basis of the activity of man?
In a word, it means to regard man’s strength as the
main factor in cognizing and transforming the world and to solve all problems
by enlisting his creative strength.
In 1956, Korea was almost
in completion of the three year plan to reconstruct her economy destroyed in
the war provoked by US imperialism. But there were many difficulties.
Insufficient was everything including materials, fund and manpower for clearing
away the damage of war in Korea which had been a backward colonial and
semi-feudal society, and laying the foundation of socialist industrialization.
Worse still, the US
imperialists and the south Korean reactionaries were making an “advance
northwards” racket almost everyday. The anti-party counterrevolutionary
factional elements challenged the Party, taking advantage of the difficult
situation facing the country.
Where was the way to
break through the challenging difficulties?
Comrade Kim Il Sung, the
great leader of the Korean people, found the key to the solution of the problem
in organizing and enlisting the strength of people with great belief in them.
He went to the workers of Kangson Steel Works and informed them of the great
trials the country was confronted with, sitting knee to knee with them. He
appealed to the workers to produce 10,000 tons of steel more, saying that he
had none but them to believe. It is true that love gives birth to loyalty and
trust entails repayment. Inspired by the respected Comrade Kim Il Sung’s loving
care for and trust in them, the working class of Kangson steel works rose up as
one to produce 120,000 tons of steel with the blooming mill whose rated
capacity was only 60,000 tons.
This amazing news spread all over the country,
leading to unprecedented miracles one after another. Such miracles created in
Korea were the brilliant fruition of the application of the viewpoint and stand
towards the change and development of the world based mainly on man’s activity.
To put it plainly,
dealing with the change and development of the world mainly on the basis of man’s
activity means regarding man’s strength as the main factor in cognizing and
transforming the world, and solving all problems by enlisting the creative
strength of man.
－ Why, then, should change and development of the world be viewed with
focus on man’s activity?
In a word, it is because man is the most powerful
being in the world and it is only man who can transform the world.
While the attitude towards the world from the
viewpoint of man’s interests, as said above, is a principle of action related
with the purpose of cognition and practice, the approach to the change and
development of the world mainly on the basis of man’s activity is a principle
of action related with the method of enhancing man’s role to realize the
purpose of cognition and practice, so to speak. All the things and phenomena
move and change according to their own laws but never for the benefit of man of
their own accord. It is only by positive activity of man that the world can be
changed and developed to serve man. Therefore, the viewpoint and stand towards
the change and development of the world with focus on man’s positive activity
should be maintained naturally in understanding and transforming the world.
－ What should be done to approach the change and development of the world
with focus on man’s activity?
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung said that
precedence should be given to bringing up man as a more powerful being in all
activities of transforming nature and society and that all problems arising in
the revolution and construction be solved in the way of increasing his creative
role.
First of all, precedence should be given to bringing up man into a more powerful being in the activity of cognizing and transforming nature and society.
The activity to cognize
and transform the world is very complicated and difficult.
Important here, is from
what to start with and where to give priority to.
Man is the performer of
cognition and practice. It is man who demands cognition and transformation of
the world and creates and uses all conditions necessary for his activity. And
it is none other than man who performs cognitive and practical activities. To
what extent and degree and how successfully the cognition and practice are
performed depends entirely on man, the performer. Man’s activity can not
proceed above the level of his preparedness. Man always cognizes and practises
in conformity with his preparedness. Therefore, in all activities to cognize
and transform nature and society, priority should be given to bringing up man,
the preformer, into a more powerful being.
To bring up man into a powerful being means to fully equip people with the independent thinking, a sound ideological consciousness due to social being, and to foster their creative ability to cognize and transform nature and society.
The respected Comrade Kim
Il Sung, the author of the Juche idea, set a brilliant example of giving
priority to the work in leading revolution and construction. He proposed the
problem of pencil as an item of the first session of the Interim People’s
Committee of North Korea established right after Korea’s liberation from the
Japanese military occupation and saw to it that the problem was solved before
anything else. Moreover, even in difficult situation of lacking funds for
building a new country he initiated the building of university and allocated a
huge sum of valuable money for the project.
Unchangeable was his wise leadership that treasured the
talents and put primary attention to bringing them up even during the
Fatherland Liberation War against the US aggressors.
Not an example is found in the history of the world
that students were recalled back from the front to safe places to continue
their study and even sent abroad to study.
Comrade Kim Jong Il, who
is as the same as President Kim Il Sung, always pays deep attention and care to
the educational work whose mission it is to bring up the posterity, saying that
education is an important undertaking bearing upon the destiny of the nation
and the country.
With a firm outlook on life that one should live
today for tomorrow, he spares nothing for future generation. His wise
leadership that treasures the talents and attaches importance to bringing up
man has resulted in brilliant successes in the construction of socialism in
Korea. In recent years, Korea launched the artificial satellite with her own
technique, material and strength. The reality of Korea that advances towards
the building of a powerful nation shows that one can be successful in cognition
and practice, revolution and construction when he puts efforts into the work of
bringing up the talents, while giving priority to training man into a powerful
being.
Next, all problems arising in
cognition and practice must be solved by enhancing man’s creative role.
Man plays a decisive role in cognizing and transforming the world. Of
course, various material means are used in this undertaking and they play an
important role. In the field of natural science which discloses the secret of
nature, various complicated experimental facilities such as measuring gauges,
electric appliances and electronic devices are used. Only with the help of such
facilities, man can discover the essence and the laws of motion of unknown
natural phenomena. This is the same case with transformation of nature.
Needless to say, without modern equipment such as trucks, excavators,
bulldozers and dredge boats, man is unable to carry out such far-reaching
transformation of nature as to fill up the sea and remove mountains.
The more man’s activity
of cognition and practice develops, the greater role material means play.
However, it dose not mean that material means play greater role than man does
in cognizing and transforming the world. However big role they play, they can
never surpass nor supersede the role of man. It is because material means, in
any case, are made and controlled by man. But for the creative role of man,
they can neither be invented nor display their power. People make necessary
material and technical means and make good use of them to cognize and transform
the world. In this sense, material means are the means of emboding the will of
man and supplementing his strength. The role of material means is determined
entirely by that of man and is subordinated to it. Therefore, all problems
arising in cognizing and transforming nature and society should be solved
mainly by enhancing man’s role.
In order to increase man’s role in the activity of
cognition and practice, it is imperative to give precedence to the political
work of informing people of the challenging problems and organizing and
mobilizing them for their solution so that they can give full play to their
enthusiasm and creativity. At the same time, it is necessary to make a good use
of creative ability in scientific and rational way, in consideration of the
characteristics of objects and the state of material and technical means , the
existing situation and environment. Only then, can man’s role be increased to
the maximum so as to achieve maximum success in cognitive and practical
activities and shape man’s destiny successfully.
4. The Juche
Viewpoint and Attitude towards the World is Most Original and Superior.
The Juche viewpoint and attitude towards the world
is an original viewpoint and stand.
The great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il said
“There have
been various types of world outlook in history, but there
was none
that clearly indicated the viewpoint and stand on the world placing man at the
centre.”
Just as the view of the world has been changed with
the flow of history, so has been the viewpoint and attitudes towards the world.
Since it is impossible and needless to explain
every detail of it, here, we’d like to mention only a few facts.
It should be stressed
beforehand that the previous philosophies did not deal with the viewpoint
and attitude towards the world as an
independent component of the world outlook. By analyzing, synthesizing and
reasoning this or that view of the previous philosophers, we could know what
their viewpoint and attitude towards the world had been.
A previous philosophy, on
the basis of the view that the world is
dominated by a certain “idea” or “spirit” which does not exist actually, and
put forth a mysterious viewpoint and stand that the destiny of the world and
man are dominated by the supernatural “power”. Another one put forth a fatal
viewpoint and stand that man should obey his given destiny, viewing the world
is an isolated and immutable one that never develops and changes. It is self
-evident to everyone who has reason and lives in this world, that such
viewpoint and stand is absurd and false.
The Marxist philosophy
viewed that the world consists of the material which moves and develops
according to its law and put forth the materialistic and dialectical viewpoint
and stand that one should approach everything as it is in motion, change and
development, without any prejudice and distortion.
As we’ve seen above, even
the materialists who viewed the world as the world of material failed to
clarify the viewpoint and stand towards the world to say nothing of the
idealists who viewed the world as the world of idea or the world of spirit.
It is because they failed
to elucidate the essential characteristics of man, his position as the master
of the world and the decisive role he plays in the development of the world.
The Juche philosophy
scientifically clarified man’s position and his decisive role as the master of
the world and, on this basis, established a completely original viewpoint and
stand towards the world with man at the centre.
－ The Juche viewpoint and attitude towards the world is superior to
materialistic and dialectical one.
Needless to say, the materialistic and dialectical
viewpoint and stand towards the world that views and approaches the world as it
is in change and development , is correct. What it would be if one does not
view an object as it is in his scientific research to cognize the things and
phenomena?
Far from success,
scientific research itself would be in a great mess.
As it is a scientific
viewpoint and stand that enables one to correctly cognize and transform the
reality, the materialistic and dialectical attitude made a great progress in
the development of the attitude towards the world.
But it has some
limitations. Of course, cognition and transformation should abide by the
characteristics of the object and the law of its change and development, since
they presuppose the object. However, it is only one aspect of requirement for
cognition and practice.
There is a more important
aspect of requirement for cognition and practice.
Man’s cognition and
practice are activities to make the objects serve his demands. In cognition and
practice the object plays an important role but it is man, the performer, who plays
the decisive role.
Therefore, it is not
enough to have only the viewpoint and stand that requires abidance by the
characteristics of objects and the laws of their change and development in
cognizing and transforming the world. What is necessary is to have the
viewpoint and stand that helps give fullest play to volitional function of man
and his active role.
The viewpoint and stand
towards the world established by the Juche philosophy are the most superior one
which enables people to have an attitude as befits master in cognition and
practice, overcoming the limitations of materialistic and dialectical viewpoint
and stand towards the world.
The elucidation of the viewpoint and stand towards
the world by the Juche philosophy is a great event in the development of
philosophical world outlook and hewing out man’s destiny.
First of all, the
compositional system and the content of philosophical world outlook have been
developed into perfection.
In previous philosophies, the
viewpoint and stand towards the world
did not hold independent position but was included in the view of the
world.
Only by the Juche philosophy, has it been newly formulated as an
important component part of the philosophical world outlook and its content
evolved in a new light in a comprehensive way with man at the centre.
This is a great
innovation in the development of philosophical world outlook of humankind. It
has also provided a powerful methodological weapon with which man can hew out his destiny successfully.
The man-centred viewpoint
and stand towards the world provides people with the most correct viewpoint and
stand people must maintain in shaping
their destiny and the most clear cut guideline, the principle of action that
helps them to cognize the world scientifically and transform it actively.
Indeed, the man-centred
viewpoint and stand clarified by the Juche idea is a fundamental guideline and
a key to solution of all problems.