 The attention will tend toward the species either in such a way that it would not pass beyond so as to attend to the object, or in such a way that it would pass beyond. If in the first way, then the thing will not be seen in itself, but only its image will be seen as if it were the thing itself (Summa II q. 74, p. 123; cf. q. 58 ad 14, pp. 469–70, 487–88).