[charlysisto]

I would argue that the more intuitive principle behind composition is the "Single Responsibility" one. Although it is correlative to the idea of 'program to an interface' (aka don't mingle with the state from the inside of an object that is not for you to do) I find it easier to grasp.

While i'm at it I'll add that the main reason SRP is so important is because it limits combinatorial explosions of state, so you can keep control, test and reason about it - incidentally the main idea behind the success of React.js