Another proof is given here; Positelsky, L, Functional Analysis and Its Applications, 1993, 27:3, 197–204 : I quote: ''The classical PBW theorem attains its natural place in this context as a particular case of the fact that every Kozsul CDG-algebra corresponds to a QLS-algebra; here a QLS=quadratic linear scalar algebra is roughly ``an algebra defined by (generators and) non-homogenious relations of degree 2. <a href="http://www.mathnet.ru/php/archive.phtml?wshow=paper&jrnid=faa&paperid=712&option_lang=rus">text in russian</a>, <a href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/g05531513220774r/">text in English</a>