In philosophical explanation, the Juche idea proceeds from the fact that man is a social being.
The essential characteristics of man are the social attributes man has as a social being, not a natural and biological being.
As he is an only social being in the world, man has social attributes which no other natural beings have, but are formed and developed socio-historically.
If the philosophical explanation proceeds from the fact that man is a natural and biological being, it regards man’s essential characteristics as natural and biological ones.
Only when it proceeds from the fact that man is a social being, is it possible to find man’s essential characteristics in the social attributes peculiar to man which natural beings cannot have.
Man is a social being, and herein lies a fundamental difference distinctive from other material beings.
Man is a social being. That man is a social being means that he is a being that lives and acts by forming a social collective and by making social relations.
Man is the only social being in the world.
Social wealth and social relations are not the social beings. If they are regarded as the social beings, it is unable to find out the fundamental difference between man, social wealth and social relationship.
The Juche idea elucidated on a scientific basis that man has peculiar attributes distinctive from all other material beings of the world as he is a social being that lives and acts by forming social collective and making social relations.
