the logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question
(Latin) "postulation of the beginning", "raising the question", begging the question, logically false reasoning in which what has to be proved is already assumed
petitio principii
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Etymologie
() From the Latin, literally an assumption from the beginning, from a calque of the Greek τὸ ἐν ἀρχῇ αἰτεῖσθαι (to en archē aetīsthae, to assume from the beginning).