Full Idea
It appears that substance has essential properties: it is of the essence of substance that it individuates, and it is of the essence of substance that it bears properties.
Gist of Idea
Substance must have two properties: individuation, and property-bearing
Source
Jonathan Tallant (Metaphysics: an introduction [2011], 06.2)
Book Reference
Tallant,Jonathan: 'Metaphysics - an introduction' [Continuum 2011], p.122
A Reaction
The point being that substances are not 'bear', because they have a role to perform, and a complete blank can't fulfil a role. We can't take substance, though, seriously in ontology. It is just a label for distinct individuals.