Full Idea
The properties of a thing are effects on other 'things'; if one removes other 'things', then a thing has no properties.
Gist of Idea
A thing has no properties if it has no effect on other 'things'
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Will to Power (notebooks) [1888], §557)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Will to Power', ed/tr. Kaufmann,W /Hollingdate,R [Vintage 1968], p.302
A Reaction
This is a causal theory of properties. A counterexample is a potential property, like a bomb which never explodes.