Full Idea
The notion of a property and the notion of a causal power belong to a system of internally related concepts, no one of which can be explicated without the use of the other.
Gist of Idea
The notions of property and of causal power are parts of a single system of related concepts
Source
Sydney Shoemaker (Causality and Properties [1980], §07)
Book Reference
Shoemaker,Sydney: 'Identity, Cause and Mind' [OUP 2003], p.222
A Reaction
Sounds good. It is hard to conceive of a property which has no causal powers, or a causal power that doesn't arise from a property.