You should show me evidence that you have independently read and taken appropriate steps to understand at least two academic sources.
These can be journal articles, encyclopedia articles, book chapters, video or audio lectures or presentations, etc.
However, they should be academic sources: that is, they should be sources written by someone with an academic background in the field and presented for an academic audience.
You may make use of more popular sources as well, but if you are using popular sources, you should also make an effort to go further and look up additional academic sources on your topic, per the above.
Your sources should inform you about the major part of the topic of your paper, i.e. the part of your topic that relates to ancient, medieval, and/or renaissance philosophy.
You may also use sources pertaining to other aspects of your topic (i.e. if you’re also discussing themes outside of ancient, medieval, and/or renaissance philosophy) and you should use sources to inform yourself about any aspect of your topic, however you should not only use sources pertaining to themes outside of ancient, medieval, and/or renaissance philosophy.Your sources should be clearly indicated in the relevant footnotes, end notes, or bibliography section, and you should cite them in the text of your paper where appropriate.Picking a Topic
If you need help picking a topic, consider these questions: i) What topics pertaining to the history of philosophy have you heard of before, which interest you? ii) Would you be interested in pursuing a topic that connects the history of philosophy to one of the other fields you are studying? iii) What sorts of topics do you find interesting more generally