Full Idea
In being properly critical about the merits of the concept of substance, ...the Humean finds he has lost the vitally important concept of a thing as well.
Gist of Idea
The good criticism of substance by Humeans also loses them the vital concept of a thing
Source
Harré,R./Madden,E.H. (Causal Powers [1975], 6.IV)
Book Reference
Harré,R/Madden,E.H.: 'Causal Powers: A Theory of Natural Necessity' [Blackwell 1975], p.111
A Reaction
This is the whole reason that Aristotle and others started talking about substances in the first place. The big mistake is to think that Aristotle believes in a thing called 'substance'. The notion is a placeholder for whatever holds a thing together.