What Does it Mean that Man’s Independence, Creativity, and Consciousness are Social Attributes?

This means that man’s independence, creativity and consciousness are social attributes which are formed and developed through the socio-historical process of his working in the social relationship.

Leader Kim Jong Il said:

These qualities (independence, creativity and consciousness) of man are social attributes which are formed and developed through the socio-historical process of his working in the social relationship.

Man’s independence, creativity and consciousness are attributes which are formed socially.

Independence, creativity and consciousness are not granted to man by nature. Independence, creativity and consciousness are not gifted ones.

Independence, creativity and consciousness are formed socially through the process of forming a social collective with his working in the social relationship. Man lives and acts socially as a social being. Therefore, man has special attributes like independence, creativity and consciousness which other biological beings could not have. Before the emergence of the society independence, creativity and consciousness did not and could not exist in any embryonic form. Man has independence, creativity and consciousness through the process of his social life in the social relationship.

Man’s independence, creativity and consciousness are attributes which are developed socially and historically.

Man’s independence, creativity and consciousness are changeable in their development historically and develop continuously according to the development of social life and social practice.

Man has different levels of independence, creativity and consciousness according to the era where he lives and to social and class statues.

Although human generations are changed, social life in a social collective is immortal in its development. Man’s independence, creativity and consciousness develop socially and historically generation after generation in the developing social life and practice.