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Just a touch of "Do as I say, not as I do", though his overall philosophy is still generally applicable.
Supposedly Meditations were not supposed to be published, although I'm not sure why he'd write all that if not for others to read.
I'd interpret it as his way of dealing with the cognitive dissonance of trying to be a good person and roman emperor at the same time
Meditations is a journal to himself. So its like reminders and thoughts he had to himself. Its honestly worth a read itlll show how relatable this ancient roman emperor is to almost everyone alive today
It seems it was his way of dealing with the life he was forced to live. He was an intelligent scholarly man, who had to spend majority of his life in cold backwater battling constant incursions of germanic tribes.