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Originally Posted by Lurikeen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you use a source that was cited in another source, name the original source in your signal phrase. List the secondary source in your reference list and include the secondary source in the parentheses.

Johnson argued that...(as cited in Smith, 2003, p. 102).
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/03/

I always used to look up the original source, compare if it said what it was supposed to say and cite directly. In my opinion there is no harm in being pointed that way by anothers work as long as you understand and digest the orginal source.