I’m wondering whether the phrase
“he begs the very question raised by the Critique”
involves some kind of rhetorical figure of speech. What I react to is that, as far as I can see, the word ‘question’ is used in two senses: in begging the question, it means ‘point’ or ‘demonstrandum’ or ‘principle’, as in ‘petitio principii’, not a question you ask or raise. My question, then, is whether this is just sloppiness or rather some kind of figure. Alternatively, it is I who am excessively pedantic or plainly mistaken.