The contents are as follows. (i) 'Of the notion of infinite ... Of the eternity of God and his works', 1777. (Folio 1.) Monboddo number 63. (ii) 'Of the progress of nature from the first principle. Of ill in the universe and of natural and moral ill', undated. (Folio 21.) Monboddo number 268. (iii) Papers on the difference between man in his natural state and civilised man, 1777, undated. (Folio 54.) Monboddo numbers 62, 300. (iv) 'Of the degeneracy of men in a state of society', undated. (Folio 113.) Monboddo number 64.