For example, there are many examples of children's books written about topics like the Holocaust and slavery. Children's literature has no limits in terms of its subject matter, but authors who write about sensitive topics must risk offending parents if their work is seen as too advanced for children.
Medical Definition of mental capacity. 1  1: sufficient understanding and memory to comprehend in a general way the situation in which one finds oneself and the nature, purpose, and consequence of any act or transaction into which one proposes to enter.
Another account of this concept is found in the Shahnameh by the Persian poet Ferdowsi (940â1020 CE) who wrote: Capable is he who is wise (in Persian: ØªÙØ§ÙØ§ Ø¨ÙØ¯ ÙØ± Ú©Ù Ø¯Ø§ÙØ§ Ø¨ÙØ¯). This hemistich is translated to English as knowledge is power or One who has wisdom is powerful.he exact phrase  scientia potentia est was written for the first time in the 1668 version of the work Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes, who was secretary to Bacon as a young man.