CIRCULUS IN PROBANDO (See also:

• LAT

Lat. for " circle in proving ")  , in See also:

• LOGIC (Xoy1K7, sc. rixvrt, the art of reasoning)

logic, a phrase used to describe a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• ARGUMENT

argument in which the very fact which one seeks to demonstrate is used as a premise, i.e. as See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence on which the conclusion is based . This argument is one form of the See also:

• FALLACY (Lat. fall-ax, apt to mislead)

fallacy known as petitio principii, " begging the question." It is most See also:

• COMMON

common in lengthy arguments, the complicated See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of which enables the See also:

• SPEAKER

speaker to make his hearers forget the data from which he began .