A composite thing, that is a “whole” is “subordinated” by its parts in the sense that without them and without their correct assemblance it wouldn’t exist (es. Observation shows us that things are composite, that is, made of parts. This proof is rooted in the insights of the philosopher Plotinus which developed the natural theology of his predecessor Plato and lays upon the premise that “ everything which is composite has a cause” (which points to the fact that the ultimate cause that accounts for the composite thing is non-composite). Because the nature of this article is popular and not academic we ask the reader to realize that it is not our intention to treat comprehensively the subject. In “part 2” of the article we will show how the reasonings present here in “part 1” will lead us into seeing how this ultimate reality possesses the attributes of the theistic God. We will briefly show that a composite reality has to find its conditions of existence in an ultimate non-composite reality. In this article, we want to present in an accessible way the proof for the existence of God formulated by philosopher Ed Feser in his new book “Five proofs for the existence of God”.
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