Talk:Seeing Is Believing

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Idiom or Axiom?[edit]

"Seeing is believing is an idiom first recorded in this form in 1639..." I wouldn't say it's an idiom. An idiom is a figure of speech that metaphorically means something else, like the saying "piece of cake", which metaphorically means "totally easy." "Seeing is believing" is more like an axiom.

In what absolute way is this an axiom? An axiom is an un-argued-for postulate or presupposition of reasoning. See, for example, the Peano axioms. This is a proverb, but isn't entirely incorrectly identified as an idiom. it IS entirely incorrectly identified as an axiom.65.183.81.158 (talk) 05:28, 26 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]