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Ideas for 'works (fragments)', 'Interview with Philippa Foot' and 'De Corpore (Elements, First Section)'

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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 3. Question Begging

17242	'Petitio principii' is reusing the idea to be defined, in disguised words [Hobbes]
	Full Idea: 'Petitio principii' is when the conclusion to be proved is disguised in other words, and put for the definition or principle from whence it is to be demonstrated.
	From: Thomas Hobbes (De Corpore (Elements, First Section) [1655], 1.6.18)