Does a poet create, originate, initiate the thing called a poem, or is his behavior merely the product of his genetic and environmental histories? (B. F. Skinner)

Does a poet create, originate, initiate the thing called a poem, or is his behavior merely the product of his genetic and environmental histories?

B. F. Skinner

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