Full Idea
Aristotle held that there could be no uninstantiated properties.
Gist of Idea
There cannot be uninstantiated properties
Source
report of Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], Bk 04) by Cynthia Macdonald - Varieties of Things
Book Reference
Macdonald,Cynthia: 'Varieties of Things' [Blackwell 2005], p.89
A Reaction
This is obviously a right hook aimed at Plato. Clearly we can think about uninstantiated properties, but the literal truth of Aristotle's view I would take to be tautological. To exist is to be instantiated.