The beloved leader
June 28, 2008
In today´s world, when we speak of great souls or great leaders, surely everyone will raise eye brow as real leaders are becoming gradually rare. But, one name shines like eternal glittering star in the sky of Korean peninsula, and that is late President Kim Il Sung, the founding father of today´s mighty DPR of Korea.
Kumsusan Palace, where the President lies in eternal peace, witnesses thousands of mourning visitors every year. People come here to renew their profound love and affection for the great soul, who sacrificed his entire life for the good of his people as well played significant role in ensuring global peace and harmony.
While remembering this great soul on July 8, let us look into his noble life where he dedicated his every efforts for the people and the country.
The Juche Outlook on History:
It is a new socio-historical outlook elucidated by the Juche idea.
The Juche idea clarifies a new socio-historical outlook on the basis of the philosophical principle that man is the master of everything and decides everything. Unlike previous ones, the new outlook places the working masses at the centre, hence called the Juche outlook on history or the Juche socio-historical outlook in distinction from all other socio-historical outlooks.
The gist of the Juche outlook on history is the socio-historical principle of the Juche idea: the masses of the people are the subject of social history; human history is the history of the people´s struggle for independence; the socio-historical movement is a creative movement of the popular masses; the people´s consciousness of independence plays a decisive role in revolutionary struggle.
The Juche outlook on history, based on the socio-historical principle, newly clarifies the subject of history, the essence of socio-historical movement, and the characteristics and driving force of the movement.
Socio-Political Integrity:
It is what a man acquires and maintains in the process of socio-political life to live in an independent and creative way as a social being.
Physical life is what is given by one´s parents, whereas socio-political integrity is what is given by the social community, especially, the leader representative of the social community.
Physical life is maintained through life activities to meet individual physiological needs, whereas socio-political integrity is maintained through political activities to meet the demand and interests of the community.
Original Revolutionary Philosophy:
The Juche philosophy is a revolutionary philosophy founded by President Kim Il Sung and ceaselessly developed and enriched by the leader Kim Jong Il.
The Juche philosophy is a man-centred philosophy giving a perfect answer to the issue of the popular masses´ destiny on the basis of the scientific elucidation of man´s essential qualities for the first time in the development of mankind´s philosophies and a completed revolutionary philosophy for accomplishing the popular masses´ cause of independence.
Its philosophical principle and all the contents of its general system are unique ideological theories.
Kim Jong Il published his discourse entitled The Juche Philosophy Is an Original Revolutionary Philosophy on July 26, 1996, thus illuminating the originality and the revolutionary character of the Juche philosophy on a scientific and theoretical basis.
The Juche philosophy is an original philosophy which has been evolved and systematized with its own principles. In view of its relationship with the preceding philosophy, its distinction is clearly showed by its task and fundamental question. The preceding philosophy raised the relationship between material and consciousness, between being and thinking, as the fundamental question of philosophy and proved the primacy of material, the primacy of being and, on this basis, elucidated that the world is made of material and changed and developed by the motion of material.
The Juche philosophy has raised the relationship between the world and man, and man´s position and role in the world, as the fundamental question of philosophy, clarified the philosophical principle that man is the master of everything and that he decides everything.
The preceding philosophy raised as its major task the clarification of the essence of the material world and the general law of its motion, whereas the Juche philosophy has raised as its important task the elucidation of man´s essential characteristics and the law of social movement, man´s movement.
Having defined the essential qualities of man for the first time in history, the Juche philosophy has held up man as the best qualified and most powerful being in the world and advanced a new idea on the world that the world is dominated and transformed by man.
The originality of the Juche philosophy is shown by its establishment of the Juche outlook on social history.
The preceding materialistic conception of history broke down society into social being and social consciousness and attached determining significance to the social being; it also broke down the social structure into productive force and production relations, foundation and superstructure, and attached decisive significance to material production and economic relations.
This means an unaltered application of the principle of materialistic dialectics to society, the principle that the world is of material and changes and develops in accordance with the general law of the motion of material.
The Juche philosophy newly established the man-centered outlook on social history by applying the man-centered philosophical principle to social history. Since man lives in the material world and society is inseparably linked with nature, the general law of the development of the material world acts on social phenomena. However, the social movement is governed by its own law in all respects.
As a collective in which man lives and acts, society consists of people, social wealth and social relations, and people are the masters of society. It is man who creates social wealth and establishes and develops social relations.
The social movement is the movement of man who dominates and transforms the world. Social development is the process of the development of the masses´ independence, creativity and consciousness. With the growth in these qualities and with the consummation of the social system capable of meeting their requirements, the society will develop more and more through the purposeful and conscious activities of the popular masses.
As the Juche outlook on social history was made clear by the Juche philosophy, there was established the comprehensive scientific understanding of the start of and the law peculiar to the social movement, which changes and develops by the volitional action and role of the driving force.
The Juche philosophy is a scientific revolutionary, political philosophy illuminating the correct way of carving out the destinies of the state, nation and the popular masses. It correctly reflects the demands and aspiration of the popular masses who want to live as the master of the world free from all manner of subordination and restriction.
What is important in the study of philosophy is to unfold a theory by correctly reflecting the popular masses´ demands and aspiration and generalizing the working experience of the masses and make it the popular masses´ own.
The Juche philosophy elucidated the fundamental principle of philosophy that man is the master of everything and decides everything.
This is a scientific principle explaining the view and outlook on the world from the viewpoint of man´s demand and interest with man at the centre of philosophical consideration for the first time in history. Man, as a social being with independence, creativity and consciousness, is a powerful being who wants to live and develop independently without tolerating all manner of social subordination and natural restriction, and transforms the world and carves out his own destiny purposefully and consciously.
The demand and aspiration of people, the popular masses, who want to live and develop independently have improved ceaselessly, and now the struggle of the popular masses to transform nature and society is gaining further momentum.
The Juche philosophy illuminates the way of carving out the destiny of the popular masses.
The aim of the study of philosophy is to explain on what principle and how to develop society and carve out the destiny of the popular masses.
The philosophical principle of Juche gives a scientific answer to how to carve out the destiny of man, the popular masses, by explaining that man is the master of his destiny and the world and plays a decisive role in transforming the world and carving out his destiny.
In addition, the Juche philosophy makes clear the fundamental principle to successfully carry out the revolution and construction by maintaining the independent and creative stands and raising the role of ideological consciousness, and the fundamental principle of revolution and the way of realizing the independence of the state, nation and the popular masses by generalizing, systematizing and developing in depth the rich and profound practical experiences.
Today the Korean people, with great pride and self-confidence in having the great revolutionary, political philosophy, the Juche philosophy, are pushing ahead with the building of a great, prosperous and powerful nation by strengthening the driving force of the Songun revolution and enhancing its role as required by the Juche philosophy.
Today, tomorrow and till the world lasts, people in the Korean peninsula will hold President Kim Il Sung in their heart with all their love, respect and affection. The nation will remember his contributions on every sun rise.
Kumsusan Palace, where the President lies in eternal peace, witnesses thousands of mourning visitors every year. People come here to renew their profound love and affection for the great soul, who sacrificed his entire life for the good of his people as well played significant role in ensuring global peace and harmony.
While remembering this great soul on July 8, let us look into his noble life where he dedicated his every efforts for the people and the country.
The Juche Outlook on History:
It is a new socio-historical outlook elucidated by the Juche idea.
The Juche idea clarifies a new socio-historical outlook on the basis of the philosophical principle that man is the master of everything and decides everything. Unlike previous ones, the new outlook places the working masses at the centre, hence called the Juche outlook on history or the Juche socio-historical outlook in distinction from all other socio-historical outlooks.
The gist of the Juche outlook on history is the socio-historical principle of the Juche idea: the masses of the people are the subject of social history; human history is the history of the people´s struggle for independence; the socio-historical movement is a creative movement of the popular masses; the people´s consciousness of independence plays a decisive role in revolutionary struggle.
The Juche outlook on history, based on the socio-historical principle, newly clarifies the subject of history, the essence of socio-historical movement, and the characteristics and driving force of the movement.
Socio-Political Integrity:
It is what a man acquires and maintains in the process of socio-political life to live in an independent and creative way as a social being.
Physical life is what is given by one´s parents, whereas socio-political integrity is what is given by the social community, especially, the leader representative of the social community.
Physical life is maintained through life activities to meet individual physiological needs, whereas socio-political integrity is maintained through political activities to meet the demand and interests of the community.
Original Revolutionary Philosophy:
The Juche philosophy is a revolutionary philosophy founded by President Kim Il Sung and ceaselessly developed and enriched by the leader Kim Jong Il.
The Juche philosophy is a man-centred philosophy giving a perfect answer to the issue of the popular masses´ destiny on the basis of the scientific elucidation of man´s essential qualities for the first time in the development of mankind´s philosophies and a completed revolutionary philosophy for accomplishing the popular masses´ cause of independence.
Its philosophical principle and all the contents of its general system are unique ideological theories.
Kim Jong Il published his discourse entitled The Juche Philosophy Is an Original Revolutionary Philosophy on July 26, 1996, thus illuminating the originality and the revolutionary character of the Juche philosophy on a scientific and theoretical basis.
The Juche philosophy is an original philosophy which has been evolved and systematized with its own principles. In view of its relationship with the preceding philosophy, its distinction is clearly showed by its task and fundamental question. The preceding philosophy raised the relationship between material and consciousness, between being and thinking, as the fundamental question of philosophy and proved the primacy of material, the primacy of being and, on this basis, elucidated that the world is made of material and changed and developed by the motion of material.
The Juche philosophy has raised the relationship between the world and man, and man´s position and role in the world, as the fundamental question of philosophy, clarified the philosophical principle that man is the master of everything and that he decides everything.
The preceding philosophy raised as its major task the clarification of the essence of the material world and the general law of its motion, whereas the Juche philosophy has raised as its important task the elucidation of man´s essential characteristics and the law of social movement, man´s movement.
Having defined the essential qualities of man for the first time in history, the Juche philosophy has held up man as the best qualified and most powerful being in the world and advanced a new idea on the world that the world is dominated and transformed by man.
The originality of the Juche philosophy is shown by its establishment of the Juche outlook on social history.
The preceding materialistic conception of history broke down society into social being and social consciousness and attached determining significance to the social being; it also broke down the social structure into productive force and production relations, foundation and superstructure, and attached decisive significance to material production and economic relations.
This means an unaltered application of the principle of materialistic dialectics to society, the principle that the world is of material and changes and develops in accordance with the general law of the motion of material.
The Juche philosophy newly established the man-centered outlook on social history by applying the man-centered philosophical principle to social history. Since man lives in the material world and society is inseparably linked with nature, the general law of the development of the material world acts on social phenomena. However, the social movement is governed by its own law in all respects.
As a collective in which man lives and acts, society consists of people, social wealth and social relations, and people are the masters of society. It is man who creates social wealth and establishes and develops social relations.
The social movement is the movement of man who dominates and transforms the world. Social development is the process of the development of the masses´ independence, creativity and consciousness. With the growth in these qualities and with the consummation of the social system capable of meeting their requirements, the society will develop more and more through the purposeful and conscious activities of the popular masses.
As the Juche outlook on social history was made clear by the Juche philosophy, there was established the comprehensive scientific understanding of the start of and the law peculiar to the social movement, which changes and develops by the volitional action and role of the driving force.
The Juche philosophy is a scientific revolutionary, political philosophy illuminating the correct way of carving out the destinies of the state, nation and the popular masses. It correctly reflects the demands and aspiration of the popular masses who want to live as the master of the world free from all manner of subordination and restriction.
What is important in the study of philosophy is to unfold a theory by correctly reflecting the popular masses´ demands and aspiration and generalizing the working experience of the masses and make it the popular masses´ own.
The Juche philosophy elucidated the fundamental principle of philosophy that man is the master of everything and decides everything.
This is a scientific principle explaining the view and outlook on the world from the viewpoint of man´s demand and interest with man at the centre of philosophical consideration for the first time in history. Man, as a social being with independence, creativity and consciousness, is a powerful being who wants to live and develop independently without tolerating all manner of social subordination and natural restriction, and transforms the world and carves out his own destiny purposefully and consciously.
The demand and aspiration of people, the popular masses, who want to live and develop independently have improved ceaselessly, and now the struggle of the popular masses to transform nature and society is gaining further momentum.
The Juche philosophy illuminates the way of carving out the destiny of the popular masses.
The aim of the study of philosophy is to explain on what principle and how to develop society and carve out the destiny of the popular masses.
The philosophical principle of Juche gives a scientific answer to how to carve out the destiny of man, the popular masses, by explaining that man is the master of his destiny and the world and plays a decisive role in transforming the world and carving out his destiny.
In addition, the Juche philosophy makes clear the fundamental principle to successfully carry out the revolution and construction by maintaining the independent and creative stands and raising the role of ideological consciousness, and the fundamental principle of revolution and the way of realizing the independence of the state, nation and the popular masses by generalizing, systematizing and developing in depth the rich and profound practical experiences.
Today the Korean people, with great pride and self-confidence in having the great revolutionary, political philosophy, the Juche philosophy, are pushing ahead with the building of a great, prosperous and powerful nation by strengthening the driving force of the Songun revolution and enhancing its role as required by the Juche philosophy.
Today, tomorrow and till the world lasts, people in the Korean peninsula will hold President Kim Il Sung in their heart with all their love, respect and affection. The nation will remember his contributions on every sun rise.