"believing is seeing" meaning in English

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Proverb

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  1. (idiomatic, philosophy, somewhat humorous) One needs to believe something in order to know or understand it. Tags: humorous, idiomatic Categories (topical): Philosophy Coordinate_terms: seeing is believing
    Sense id: en-believing_is_seeing-en-proverb-DyUx0EVz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English proverbs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English proverbs: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 29 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  2. (idiomatic, religion) Faith often precedes any miracle. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-believing_is_seeing-en-proverb-2oHR9L~W Topics: lifestyle, religion
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