Tone Scale


This is the Tone Scale for the human being.

All of the tones are modified by social training and education, where social training and education are the sole guarantees of sane conduct (especially for the tones below 2.0).

8.0 — Exhilaration
6.0 — Aesthetic
4.0 — Enthusiasm
3.5 — Cheerfulness
3.3 — Strong Interest
3.0 — Conservatism (not the political definition)
2.9 — Mild Interest
2.8 — Contented
2.6 — Disinterested
2.5 — Boredom
2.4 — Monotony

2.0 — Antagonism — (middle point between create and destroy)

1.9 — Hostility
1.8 — Pain
1.5 — Anger
1.4 — Hate
1.3 — Resentment
1.2 — No Sympathy
1.15 – Unexpressed Resentment
1.1 — Covert Hostility
1.02 – Anxiety
1.0 — Fear
0.98 – Despair
0.96 – Terror
0.94 – Numb
0.9 — Sympathy
0.8 — Propitiation (higher toned – selectively gives)
0.5 — Grief
0.375 Making Amends (lower toned propitiation – can’t withhold anything)
0.3 — Undeserving
0.2 — Self- Abasement
0.1 — Victim
0.07 – Hopeless
0.05 – Apathy
0.03 – Useless
0.01 – Dying
0.0 — Body Death


Arthur Ronald Conway Hubbard