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. 

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