What is the Philosophical Principle of the Juche Idea?

Answer: The philosophical principle of the Juche idea is that man is master of everything and decides everything.

General Secretary Kim Jong Il said:

The Juche idea raised the fundamental question of philosophy by regarding man as the main factor, and elucidated the philosophical principle that man is the master of everything and decides everything.

The Juche idea evolves the whole system and contents on the basis of the principle that man is the master of everything and decides everything. This is why this principle is called the fundamental principle or the basic principle of the Juche idea.

The philosophical principle of the Juche idea that man is the master of everything and decides everything gives an answer to the question of the relationship between the world and man in two aspects.

The philosophical principle of the Juche idea clarifies first that man is the master of everything.

That man is the master of everything means that man is the master of the world and his destiny. This clarifies the position occupied by man who is the master of the world and his destiny.

Man is a being that lives not being subordinated to the world but dominating the world in conformity with his independent demand and will.

There are various types and kinds of material beings but there is not a being that lives while dominating the world. Even the lion that is called the “emperor” in the forest as well as the shark, the “master” in the sea are not the beings that dominate the world to live. Although the lion eats the other animals at his disposal, he is not the being who dominates the world but the being who only adapts to the given circumstances. Man is the only being who lives dominating the world.

The position of man as master of the world improves continuously with the advancement of history. Man dominates the world through the struggle which continues generation after generation.

That man is the master of the world is, so to speak, that man is the master of his destiny. Since man is the master of the world the surrounding world cannot be the master of man’s destiny. The master of man’s destiny is man himself.

The philosophical principle of the Juche idea clarifies next that man decides everything.

That man decides everything means that man plays decisive role in transforming the world and shaping his destiny. This clarifies the role played by man in the transformation and development of the world.

Material and technical means and other various factors function in man’s activities to transform the world. However, their functions depend on man.

Today science and technology develop, computers coordinate production process and robots manufacture trucks easily. But they are possible only by the commands and programs made by man.

In this sense, even up-to-date technical devices cannot replace the role of man and therefore, it is man who plays decisive role in transforming the world.

Through the historical process of transforming the world man improves his strength and wisdom and transforms and develops continuously the world in a higher level.

That man plays decisive role in transforming the world is, so to speak, that man plays decisive role in shaping his destiny. Since man’s destiny is shaped through the process of transforming and developing the world and man plays decisive role in the transformation and development of the world, there can be no other being in the world that decides man’s destiny. Man’s destiny depends on how active he is in transforming the world.

Like this the philosophical principle of the Juche idea that man is the master of everything and decides everything is the most scientific and revolutionary principle that reflects correctly the world in which man lives, and gives a correct answer to the question of man’s destiny.