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=====Sigmund Freud=====
[[Freud]] used spatial metaphors to describe the psyche in ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'', where he cites G. T. Fechner's idea that the scene of action of dreams is different from that of waking ideational life and proposes the concept of 'psychical locality'. [[Freud]] is careful to explain that this concept is a purely topographical one, and must not be confused with physical locality in any anatomical fashion.<ref>Freud, 1900a: SE V, 536</ref> His "[[topology|first topography]]" divided the [[psyche]] into three systems: the [[conscious]] (Cs), the [[preconscious]] ([[Pcs]]) and the [[unconscious]] ([[Ucs]]). The "[[topology|second topography]]" divided the [[psyche]] into the three agencies of the [[ego]], the [[superego]] and the [[id]].