Seeing Is Believing
Seeing is believing is an idiom first recorded in this form in 1639[1] that means "only physical or concrete evidence is convincing". It is the essence of St. Thomas's claim to Jesus Christ, to which the latter responded that there were those who had not seen but believed. It leads to a sophistry that "seen evidence" can be easily and correctly interpreted, when in fact, interpretation may be difficult.
Seeing is Believing may refer to:
- "Seeing is Believing" (Code Lyoko episode)
- UFOs: Seeing is Believing, UFO documentary film
- Seeing is Believing (novel), a 1941 mystery novel by John Dickson Carr writing as "Carter Dickson"
- "Seeing is Believing" (song) a song by Andrew Lloyd Webber from Aspects of Love
- Seeing is Believing (organization), a partnership for the prevention of blindness to tackle avoidable blindness
- Seeing Is Believing: Handicams, Human Rights and the News, a 2002 Canadian documentary film
- Seeing is Believing (film)', a 1934 British film
- Seeing is Believing (film) is an upcoming film about Bobby Darin.
- Seeing is Believing (album), an album by German singer Xavier Naidoo
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References
- ↑ Rendered as "Seeing is beleeving", this idiom was included in Parœmiologia Anglo-Latina, a collection of proverbs in English and Latin that was published in London in 1639 by John Clarke (1596?-1658). http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199539536.013.1936?rskey=nAjxve&result=9
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