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The basis of spiritual humanism, beyond doubt, is the philosophy. Moreover, philosophy seems to be, apart from all values and achievements the humanity has acquired throughout the whole history of its existence, the most bright and unconditional heritage. Without diminishing the meaning of religion and science, not mentioning other spiritual values, in social life I would, nevertheless, position philosophy much higher taking into consideration its role in cultural and civilizational development of both separate peoples and world community as a whole. Philosophy better than any other sphere of human spiritual activity reflects our truly human essentiality, characterizing a human being as the one critically thinking, having doubts and, what is principally important – moral, spiritual being. The above makes philosophy an unalienable part of human life but, at the same time, an enchanting, mystifying and not acknowledgeable phenomenon. None of the peoples, regimes or ideologies could ignore philosophy, regardless of their attitude to it, because only a physically and spiritually developed, and moral human being is able to confront the global challenges of modernity. Not economy or technology are dangerous for humans today but the essence of humans themselves, the level and quality of their spiritual development. It is important to understand human nature adequately and to see the situation as a complex. This can only be provided by philosophy, together with securing corresponding values and norms of conduct. And here we enter the sphere of cultural and civilizational development of both separate peoples and human community as a whole. In the system of social relations culture, always expressing the specific, the private of this or that people, looks rather like a disuniting factor. But what, in this case, is the basis for uniting different countries and peoples? It is their civilizational unity. Having once entered the way of civilizational development this or that social system thus enters the path towards collectively constructing a life focused human community. This complex phenomenon can not be embraced outside philosophical analysis. This makes philosophy not just a value, but an absolute value. Loosing it would mean the loss of human essentiality, spirituality and the prospect for human community worthy future.