Sauron's knowledge of the Istari

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

An on-topic question:

The one thing that led to Sauron's downfall was that in his overweening pride,

Which means that even if Sauron knew that the Istari were Maiar, he feared none of them, especially Gandalf-Olorin...

But Olorin declared that he was too weak for such a task, and that he feared Sauron.

(I could see it with my mind's eye: back before the Ainulindalë, Olorin would cower in a corner when Sauron approached. Or maybe he feared Sauron's power on Middle-earth. Anyway...) Maybe Sauron knew of this fear, and thought little of him in his counsels?

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