{Nay, much rather} (alla poll(9369) mallon). Adversative
sense of alla, on the contrary. So far from the more dignified
members like the eye and the head being independent of the
subordinate ones like the hands and feet, they are "much more"
(_argumentum a fortiori_, "by much more" poll(9369) mallon,
instrumental case) in need of therm. {Those members of the body
which seem to be more feeble are necessary} (	a dokounta mel(880a)tou s(936d)atos asthenestera huparchein anagkaia estin). Things are
not always what they seem. The vital organs (heart, lungs, liver,
kidneys) are not visible, but life cannot exist without them.