 We might then wish to say “Smith can speak of himself without realizing that he is speaking of himself.” This shows that there are two distinct kinds of reflexive pronouns: the ordinary reflexive pronoun and the indirect reflexive pronouns. The first occurrence of ‘himself’ immediately above is the ordinary reflexive pronoun, and it refers successfully just in case it picks out the same object as its antecedent. It doesn’t matter how it does so, nor must the antecedent and pronoun share a sense. When above we say “Smith spoke of himself”, we are using the ordinary reflexive pronoun, for the person to whom Smith thereby referred was indeed the person who spoke.