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I normally don't comment on misuse of idioms, but I will this time because you did the same thing twice. "Begging the question" means to presuppose the answer

I normally don't comment on misuse of idioms, but I will this time because you did the same thing twice. "Begging the question" means to presuppose the answer to the question which is being asked while answering it. Eg, "I know God is real because the Bible says so, and since God wrote the bible and doesn't like I know it is true." What you probably mean is "raises the question."

mdp2021 5y ago
Thank you! You should provide comments and potential corrections (if only for clarification). As I hinted in the post, I am currently very tired, hence the writing will be unfortunately of subpar quality. I corrected the post - proper or improper formula, it is now rephrased to remove ambiguity. (The intended meaning was that the question is "pressing".)
tdeck 5y ago
FWIW most usages of the phrase "begging the question" in modern English seem to mean what OP meant, rather than the classical meaning. Perhaps this is because the classical meaning is based on a bizarre translation from Latin in the 16th century, leading to a very unintuitive phrasing in English: > The term was translated into English from Latin in the 16th century. The Latin version, petitio principii, "asking for the starting point", can be interpreted in different ways. Petitio (from peto), in the post-classical context in which the phrase arose, means assuming or postulating, but in the older classical sense means petition, request or beseeching. Principii, genitive of principium, means beginning, basis or premise (of an argument). Literally petitio principii means "assuming the premise" or "assuming the original point" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DThe_phrase_begging_the_question%2Cfor_%22assuming_the_conclusion%22.?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question#%3A%7E%3A...
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mdp2021 5y ago

Thank you! You should provide comments and potential corrections (if only for clarification). As I hinted in the post, I am currently very tired, hence the writing will be unfortunately of subpar quality. I corrected the post - proper or improper formula, it is now rephrased to remove ambiguity. (The intended meaning was that the question is "pressing".)

tdeck 5y ago

FWIW most usages of the phrase "begging the question" in modern English seem to mean what OP meant, rather than the classical meaning. Perhaps this is because the classical meaning is based on a bizarre translation from Latin in the 16th century, leading to a very unintuitive phrasing in English: > The term was translated into English from Latin in the 16th century. The Latin version, petitio principii, "asking for the starting point", can be interpreted in different ways. Petitio (from peto), in the post-classical context in which the phrase arose, means assuming or postulating, but in the older classical sense means petition, request or beseeching. Principii, genitive of principium, means beginning, basis or premise (of an argument). Literally petitio principii means "assuming the premise" or "assuming the original point" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DThe_phrase_begging_the_question%2Cfor_%22assuming_the_conclusion%22.?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question#%3A%7E%3A...

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