Yes I agree with you totally, Pico did go against the norms of those times and what was cool to me when they say he challenged the church, was that he actually paid people in the most religious of cities to dare to try and debate with him on the center stage, he invited all comers, whoever wanted to debate on his writtings. Picos writtings are inspirational to me as well and it helps to strive to be better starting with ourselves